New CCTV footage has emerged in the Pune Porsche accident case, showing the 17-year-old accused driving the same Porsche he allegedly drove on the night of the tragic incident. The video was captured just a day before the accident.
The video went viral amid claims by the accused’s family that he was not behind the wheel at the time of the accident that resulted in the deaths of two young IT professionals.
In the footage, the teen accused can be seen exiting his Porsche car from the driver’s side along with a friend. He then meets his friends and enters the premises.
The Pune police earlier said that an attempt was made to establish that the Porsche that knocked down and killed two persons in the Kalyani Nagar in Pune was not driven by a 17-year-old, and the driver employed by his family was pressured to take responsibility for the accident.
A local court remanded the six accused arrested in the case, including the teenager’s father Vishal Agarwal, in judicial custody even though police sought their further custody.
Police on Family’s ‘Accused Was Not Driving’ Claim
There was enough evidence showing that the teenager was driving the car, police commissioner Amitesh Kumar told PTI.
“We have the CCTV footage of him (juvenile) drinking liquor in the pub…..He was fully in his senses, he had full knowledge that due to his conduct, such an accident, where IPC section 304 is applicable, can happen,” Kumar said. Section 304 deals with culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
“During our investigation, it has emerged that the juvenile was driving the car and we have already collected all the necessary chronological evidence. For example, when the juvenile left the house, the entry on the security register shows that he left with the car,” the commissioner said.
Pune Porsche Accident: What Happened So Far
On May 19, a Porsche car, allegedly driven by the teenager, who the police claim was drunk at the time, killed two motorbike-borne software engineers in the Kalyani Nagar area of Pune. However, the case has been marred by controversy since the beginning.
The teenager was initially granted bail by the Juvenile Justice Board, which also asked him to write a 300-word essay on road accidents, but following outrage over the lenient treatment and a review application by the police, he was sent to an observation home till June 5.
After the case gained media attention, the police also arrested the teenager’s father, realtor Vishal Agarwal, and his grandfather, Surendra Agarwal, in connection with the accident.
Meanwhile, in another controversial development, Maharashtra arrested two doctors of Pune’s Sassoon Hospital for allegedly manipulating the blood report of the 17-year-old boy accused.
The teen accused was allegedly taken to Sassoon Hospital for a medical check-up after the deadly crash involving a Porsche car. According to Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar, the juvenile’s blood sample was thrown away and it was replaced with another person’s sample.
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