Pune Porsche Accident: Father, Grandfather of accused minor sent to Judicial custody for 14 days

May 31, 2024

Pune: In a major development in Pune Porsche Accident case, Father and Grandfather of the accused teen have been sent to 14 days judicial custody. The Pune Police arrested both Father and Grandfather of the accused minor. Police arrested the grandfather, Surendra Agarwal of the accused minor for threatening their driver to take the blame from teen accused of Porsche accident.

The Porsche car accident led to the killing of two people on spot after the minor in an inebriated state ploughed his swanky luxury car into the two IT professionals. The incident happened on the night of May 19.

The Pune Police Crime Branch on Friday filed a production application for the father of the minor accused before the Pune District Court in the first FIR wherein charges of 120B were added. It is the same FIR of blood sample manipulation in which both doctors and one staffer were arrested and are in police custody.

Earlier this week, the Pune District Court sent the father and grandfather of the accused involved in the Pune car accident case to police custody till May 31.

Driver threatened to take charge of accident

The Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar earlier said that efforts were on to try the minor accused as an adult. He confirmed that an effort was made to frame the person employed for driving the Porsche car after the accident, and added that police are investigating his statement.

The driver, Gangadhar, had lodged a complaint with police alleging that he was taken to minor’s home against his will on the night of May 19, when Gangadhar was leaving the Yerawada Police Station.