The Pune police told a court that the juvenile’s blood sample in the Porsche accident case was replaced with that of an unidentified woman. They also said the sample of the woman was taken in an area outside CCTV coverage.
Sources in the Maharashtra public health department said the woman was the minor’s mother.
After the accident, the blood sample of the juvenile turned out to be negative for alcohol. This is despite the CCTV footage with the police which shows the minor drinking in two bars before the accident.
The police have arrested Dr Ajay Taware, the head of the department of forensic medicine at Sassoon hospital, medical officer Dr Shrihari Halnor and an employee named Atul Ghatkamble for allegedly manipulating the minor’s blood sample.
Four blood samples taken
After the accident, the Yerawada police station had sent the juvenile, his two friends who were with him in the car and the family driver to Sassoon General Hospital for giving blood samples. Of these samples, the juvenile’s blood sample was swapped. The other three sample results also came nil (no traces of alcohol were found), according to police sources.
Two people died after the 17-year-old accidentally rammed his car into their motorcycle. The teenager, the son of a wealthy builder in Pune, was allegedly drunk at the time of the accident.
Within hours after the accident, he was let off on bail with the condition that he would have to write an essay on road safety. After his release triggered a furore, his bail was cancelled and he was sent to a reform home.
The boy’s father was arrested for letting the minor son drive the car illegally. His grandfather was later arrested for allegedly coercing their driver to take the blame for the accident. The police have also arrested the owners of the bars that served the minor liquor before the accident.
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