The case in opposition to the Pune teen – who killed two folks early Sunday whereas drunk and driving his father’s Rs 2.5 crore Porsche supercar – took an extra twist Thursday night.

The police will now additionally examine potential lapses in protocol within the hours following the incident, together with attainable preferential remedy for the 17-year-old son of a distinguished metropolis builder.

Particularly, a senior cop – Assistant Commissioner of Police Ashwini Rakh – will query officers and employees on the police station in Yerwada the place the criticism was first filed. The allegations embrace underplaying the horrific nature of the incident within the first write-ups and delaying a medical examination, which ought to have been achieved instantly to determine the boy’s blood alcohol degree.

However maybe most surprising is a declare that the cops have been extra occupied with ‘investigating’ Aneesh Awadhiya and Ashwini Koshta – the 24-year-old software program professionals who have been killed.

Pizza, Burger For Teen In Pune Porsche Crash?

In the meantime, an opposition politician has mentioned the boy was dealt with cautiously and even given meals – pizzas and burgers – whereas in police custody as an accused in a stomach-churning highway accident.

The declare was made by Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief and two-time ex-Lok Sabha MP Prakash Ambedkar, who posted on X, “Officers at Yerwada Police Station spent extra time questioning the connection between Anish and Ashwini – IT professionals fatally knocked down by drunk minor -while the accused was allegedly served burger and pizza”, and posed six inquiries to the cops.

Officers at Yerawada police station spent extra time questioning the connection between Anish and Ashwini — the 2 IT professionals who have been fatally knocked down by the drunk minor — whereas the accused was allegedly served burger and pizza.

That is how the system advantages the…

— Prakash Ambedkar (@Prksh_Ambedkar) May 22, 2024

Among the many questions he raised (and which can now be answered) have been the eight-hour delay in administering a blood alcohol check and why the boy was not despatched on to a remand residence.

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There was outrage after the Juvenile Board gave the boy bail inside 15 hours on situations as ridiculous as two bonds of Rs 7,500 every and writing a 300-word essay on highway accidents. Late Wednesday that order was revised and the boy was despatched to a remand residence until June 5.

At current the boy faces a drunk driving cost that, for a first-time offence, limits punishment to 6 months jail and a fantastic of Rs 10,000. A cost of culpable murder not amounting to homicide might be levied ought to the Juvenile Board permit him to be tried as an grownup.

Rahul Gandhi On Pune Porsche Crash

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has additionally questioned the cops over preferential remedy for the boy, asking why accused in related instances – if they’re auto or cab drivers – do not get bail as shortly.

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“When a teen from a wealthy household drinks alcohol and kills two folks in a Porsche… he’s informed to pen an ‘essay’. Why are bus, truck, and auto drivers, or cabbies, not requested to write down such essays?”

“The query is of equal justice (for) the poor and affluent…” he mentioned.

Father’s Cell Cellphone Discovered

Police have additionally discovered the cell phone of the boy’s father, who was arrested the day after the incident from Sambhajinagar (earlier Aurangabad) after an elaborate rescue plan was thwarted.

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The telephone – understood to be the daddy’s unique, which he left at residence whereas making an attempt to flee the cops – is now within the custody of the Crime Department, which says he isn’t cooperating with the probe.

The daddy faces a cost of willful neglect of his son underneath Part 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act.

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The bar the place the boy was served alcohol has been sealed, and its proprietor and employees are in police custody. They’re being investigated for promoting liquor to an under-aged particular person.

At 17 years and eight months, the boy was 4 months wanting the authorized age for driving and eight years shy of Maharashtra’s authorized consuming age, which is 25.

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