Pune Porsche Crash Case: According to Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar, two doctors at the government-run Sassoon Hospital colluded to throw the 17-year-old’s blood sample into a dumpster and switch it with another person’s.
- Police report that a teen’s blood sample was thrown away and replaced with another person’s.
- The doctor admits that he followed the forensics head’s instructions and switched the samples.
- DNA tests verified that the blood samples came from two separate individuals.
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The head of the forensics department at Sassoon Hospital in Pune, where the teen accused in the fatal Porsche car crash was taken for a medical check-up, and another doctor from the hospital were arrested on Monday for allegedly tampering with evidence, according to Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar.
The arrests were made after it was determined that the blood samples of the juvenile involved in the accident had been replaced with those of another person who had not taken alcohol. Police stated the teen’s first blood sample was discarded in a dumpster.
The minor was transferred to Sassoon Hospital for a medical examination around 11 a.m. on the day of the mishap, May 19. The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) analysis revealed no alcohol in the first sample, raising suspicions.
A second blood test was performed at a separate hospital, and DNA tests proved that the samples were from two distinct people, leading authorities to believe that the doctors at the government hospital interfered with the evidence to protect the accused youngster.
“Dr. Shrihari Halnor, who took the juvenile’s blood sample, was arrested last night.” During interrogation, he disclosed that he had changed the blood sample per the instructions of Dr. Ajay Taware, the HOD of Forensic Medicine,” said Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar at a press conference.
Following the arrest of the two doctors, charges of criminal conspiracy, forgery, and destruction of evidence were added in the accident case, he added.
Kumar stated that there was no alcohol found in the second blood sample taken from the minor. “But our case is under section 304, culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The accused juvenile was in full knowledge that his act could endanger lives, so no alcohol traces in his blood sample does not affect our case anyway,” he said.
The Pune Crime Branch on Monday took the minor’s father, Vishal Agarwal, into custody after the court allowed it. New charges under sections of forgery, criminal conspiracy, and destruction of evidence were also added against the father following the arrest of the doctors.
Agarwal is in judicial custody and lodged in the central jail. The court allowed the police to take custody of him in connection with the case of kidnapping and wrongful confinement of his driver.
PUNE CRASH CASE IN A NUTSHELL
The Pune Porsche crash case has been marred by controversy since the beginning, with allegations of preferential treatment and underworld connections surrounding the accused’s family. The minor, who was allegedly driving the Porsche under the influence of alcohol, was initially granted bail but was later remanded to an observation home until June 5 following public outcry.
His father, real estate developer Vishal Agrawal, and grandfather have also been arrested in connection with the case, with allegations of attempting to bribe and threaten the family’s driver to take blame for the accident.
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Two IT professionals, Anish Awadhiya and Ashwini Koshta, were killed when the speeding Porsche, allegedly driven by the 17-year-old boy, hit their bike. The families of the victims have demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe and trial, citing concerns over the handling of the case.
