Porsche crash: Court allows Pune police to question 10 accused in prison

Pune City constabulary moved an exertion seeking support to question the 10 accused. The constabulary told the tribunal that they privation to question the accused successful the airy of caller leads obtained aft the apprehension of the fathers of the 2 co-passengers and 1 idiosyncratic with whom humor of 1 of the co-passenger was swapped. The tribunal of Additional Sessions Judge U M Mudholkar allowed the exertion by the police.

Two IT engineers, Aneesh Awadhiya and his person Ashwini Koshta, some aged 24 and hailing from Madhya Pradesh, were killed aft the speeding Porsche driven by past 17-year-old lad allegedly successful an inebriated authorities deed their motorcycle astir 2.30 americium connected May 19 this twelvemonth successful Pune’s Kalyaninagar area.

An FIR was lodged connected the aforesaid time astatine Yerawada constabulary presumption against the insignificant car driver. The constabulary probe revealed that erstwhile the insignificant accused was taken to the government-run Sassoon infirmary aft the mishap for a aesculapian examination, his humor illustration was allegedly replaced with his mother’s.

Police subsequently made aggregate arrests including the minor’s 50-year-old realtor begetter and 49-year-old mother, Dr Ajay Taware, past caput of the forensic medicine of Sassoon hospital, Dr Shrihari Halnor, past casualty aesculapian officer; Atul Ghatkamble, a staffer astatine the hospital’s morgue; and Ashpak Makandar and Amar Gaikwad, who acted arsenic middlemen betwixt the minor’s begetter and the doctors. They were charged with tampering evidence, forgery, transgression conspiracy and corruption. On July 26, the Pune City constabulary filed a chargesheet against 7 persons successful the lawsuit and connected October 25 the constabulary filed draught charges against the seven.

Other than these seven, constabulary further arrested a 37-year-old antheral who had allegedly fixed his humor to beryllium swapped with that of a insignificant co-passenger. Another 52-year-old man, begetter of different insignificant co-passenger, was besides arrested earlier for allegedly giving his ain humor illustration to beryllium swapped with his son. On November 15, the prosecution filed chargesheet against these 2 and draught charges were filed against the duo connected November 25.

The past insignificant operator has been arraigned astatine the Juvenile Justice Board wherever helium faces charges of culpable homicide. A plea by Pune constabulary to dainty him arsenic an big for the proceedings is presently pending. Police person besides arraigned a 10th accused successful the lawsuit who is the 47-year-old begetter of the insignificant co-passenger whose humor was swapped with the 37-year-old antheral arrested earlier. Police are yet to record a chargesheet against this 10th accused.

Meanwhile connected Wednesday, Dr Taware filed for a discharged exertion done his lawyer. The arguments connected the exertion are expected to instrumentality spot successful coming hearings successful the case.