In the Porsche crash case, Pune Police announced startling new discoveries on Friday. They claimed that multiple family members of the accused, an adolescent kid who was allegedly intoxicated when he drove the ₹ 2.5 crore electric supercar and ran over two persons, were also intoxicated.
According to the authorities, when doctors at the state-run Sassoon Hospital were bought off to switch out the accused’s blood samples with their own, the accused’s mother, father, and brother were all intoxicated.
According to the Pune police, there was an attempt to “save the teen” by lying about the alcohol consumption.
According to the Pune police, the initial idea was to take blood samples from the adolescent’s brother or father. However, because they were both intoxicated, the mother—who has since been arrested—was the one whose blood was drawn.
The mother had previously made an appearance in a video message, claiming that a widely shared video that purported to show her kid was phoney. She sobbed on tape and begged the police to “protect” him.
The child was so inebriated that he could not stand, according to witnesses at the scene of the crash. However, the blood alcohol level of that Pune youngster was recorded as “negative” when the preliminary medical report was submitted.
Drs. Ajay Taware, who was then in charge of the forensic medicine department, and Shrihari Halnor, who worked at Sassoon Hospital, have previously been detained for exchanging blood samples.
Hospital employee Atul Ghatkamble is the third individual detained. Two more people were already arrested: Ashpak Makandar and Amar Gaikwad. They served as go-betweens for the teen’s father and the physicians, facilitating cash transactions in order to exchange the blood samples.
The other two kids in the car also had blood samples changed, and Dr. Taware was reportedly involved in this as well; according to the prosecution, he was to be paid ₹ 2.5 lakh.
The intention was also to use the moms’ blood samples in their case.
However, there were issues because the mother of one baby and the boy’s blood type did not match, and in the other case, the mother also carried alcohol in her blood. As a result, samples from two guys were used in their place. One of the accompanying minors’ fathers has also been taken into custody.
According to the police, when trainee doctors were forced to draw blood, they were instructed to use dry cotton instead of cotton steeped in alcohol, as is customary, to prevent any potential alcohol contamination.
Amitesh Kumar, the chief of police, further acknowledged that local law enforcement did not adhere to protocol following the early May 19 collision. “But then we made some drastic decisions,” he said.
Aneesh Awadhiya and Ashwini Koshta, two software engineers, were killed in the accident after the accused lost control of the Porsche and ran over a two-wheeler. They were 24 years old.
The child and his buddies were seen on CCTV at city pubs hours earlier, ‘celebrating’ their passing school exams. They allegedly racked up liquor bills of around ₹ 50,000. The bar that provided them with service has had its license revoked and its location sealed.
The youngster is the son of a powerful real estate billionaire, and there were rumors in the days and weeks that followed the horrifying event that the local police tried to give him special treatment.
Allegations included downplaying the disaster in initial reports and postponing medical exams, which ought to have been done right away to determine blood alcohol content.
Two officers were suspended a few days later. Police Inspector Rahul Jagdale and Assistant Police Inspector Vishwanath Todkari were disciplined for failing to notify their superiors about the Porsche crash, in this case, the Deputy Commissioner of Police who was on night duty.
Following the collision, the Pune teenager was escorted to the Yerwada station, where the police were stationed.
Because of all of this, the youngster and his family are now facing a growing variety of allegations from the police, including forgery, corruption, and destruction of evidence in addition to culpable homicide that does not qualify as murder.
Last month, the juvenile home released the accused adolescent, who gained notoriety not only for the collision but also for the absurd conditions of his bail, which included completing an essay on road safety within 15 hours after the incident.