Pune Porsche Case: Did Doctors Try to Save The Rich Brat? Cops Make New Revelations

Pune Porsche Crash: Amid the ongoing investigation into the Pune Porsche crash, police have claimed that several family members of the 17-year-old accused were under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident.  According to police reports, the accused's father, mother, and brother were all drunk when they allegedly tried to influence the investigation by bribing doctors at the state-run Sassoon Hospital. 

The family reportedly sought to swap the accused's blood samples with their own to misrepresent the alcohol levels, a move the police described as an effort to "save the teen". 

Police Reveal Family's Original Plan

Police revealed that the original plan was to use blood samples from the teen's father or brother. However, since both were also drunk, authorities opted to take blood from the mother, who has since been arrested. The mother previously appeared in a video message claiming that a viral video allegedly featuring her son was fake. In an emotional plea, she urged the police to "protect" her son while breaking down on camera.

Eyewitnesses at the crash site reported that the boy was so inebriated he could barely stand. Despite this, a preliminary medical report indicated a 'negative' reading for blood alcohol content, raising further suspicions about the circumstances surrounding the case.

Two doctors from Sassoon Hospital— Dr Ajay Taware, who led the Forensic Medicine Department at the time, and Dr Shrihari Halnor— have already been arrested for their involvement in the blood sample swap. Besides, a hospital staffer, Atul Ghatkamble, is also in custody.  

‘Charges of Destruction of Evidence, Forgery Added’

Meanwhile, police have added charges of destruction of evidence and forgery as well as offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act against the 17-year-old juvenile involved in the Kalyani Nagar Porsche car crash.

A "supplementary final report" containing fresh charges was submitted before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) here, an official said. The final report, which charged the boy with 'culpable homicide not amounting to murder' under IPC section 304, had been filed in June.

The teenager was allegedly driving the Porsche under the influence of alcohol when it hit a motorbike in the Kalyani Nagar area of the city in the wee hours of May 19, killing a man and a woman, both young IT professionals.

"A supplementary final report has been filed before the JJB, incorporating charges under Indian Penal Code sections 201 (causing disappearance of evidence), 213 (taking a gift to screen an offender), 214 (offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening an offender), 466, 467, 468, 471 (all offences related to forgery)," said a crime branch official.

The Prevention of Corruption Act was also invoked as the juvenile is accused of colluding with his parents, doctors from the government-run Sassoon Hospital and some middlemen to swap his blood samples, the official said.

It is alleged that blood samples were replaced to hide the fact that the juvenile was drunk at the time. Technical data about the speed of the car at the time of the incident was also included in the report besides statements of witnesses to corroborate the newly added sections, the official said.

The supplementary report was submitted by Assistant Commissioner of Police Ganesh Ingale, the investigating officer, through Special Public Prosecutor Shishir Hiray. While the juvenile was released from the observation home following a High Court order, his parents and seven others including two doctors of Sassoon General Hospital and two middlemen are in judicial custody.