The Police have evidence of a money trail linking Sassoon Hospital doctor, who is an accused in the Pune Porsche crash case, and local MLA Sunil Tingre. Police have recovered CCTV footage showing Ashpak Makandar, a close aide of Tingre, handing over Rs 3 Lakh to a Sassoon hospital technician on the premises of the Juvenile Justice Board on May 19, while the case of the minor was being heard.
“One of the accused in the case – Ashpak Makanadar handed over three lakh rupees to technician Atul Ghatakambale on the premises of the Juvenile Justice Board. Pune police have seized CCTV of the incident. On May 19, when the Juvenile Justice Board’s case was being heard, that was when the monetary exchange took place,” sources told CNN News18.
They further said that police found that Atul Ghatakamble had accepted the money on instructions of Dr Srihari Haalnor, who has been accused of manipulating the Pune teen driver’s blood sample.
“Makandar had carried the amount in a trunk on the bike. This has been captured on CCTV. Cops have access to the footage,” they added.
Makandar was arrested on June 3, after it was revealed that he had allegedly collected money from the teen’s father, Vishal Agarwal, and paid Dr Ajay Taware, another accused in the case.
Meanwhile, Dr Taware and Dr Haalnor have also been arrested and booked under Sections 7, 7(a) of the Corruption Act, 1988, 13 Sections 184, 185, 119/177 of the Motor Vehicle Act, for allegedly changing the blood samples of the accused minor during his medical examination.
Minor’s Father, Grandfather Booked For Abetment of Suicide
Pune Police have booked the father and grandfather of the juvenile involved in the May 19 Porsche car crash in the city’s Kalyani Nagar, and three others, in a separate case related to the abetment of suicide of a businessman’s son in the city, an official said on Thursday.
According to the police, a complaint in this regard was registered by a man, D S Kature, who runs a construction business in Pune’s Vadgaon Sheri area, against one Vinay Kale, from whom his son Shashikant Kature, had taken a loan for construction work.
After he could not pay the loan on time, Kale allegedly started adding compounding interest to the principal amount and harassing Shashikant Kature. Fed up with constant harassment, Shashikant Kature committed suicide in January this year, they said.
A case was registered against Kale under IPC sections 306 (abetment of suicide ) and 506 (criminal intimidation) at the Chandannagar police station in the city.
“During the investigation, the role of the juvenile’s father (a builder), grandfather and three others cropped up in the suicide case. We have now added sections 420 (cheating) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC to the case,” said a police officer without elaborating on their alleged role in the episode.
The juvenile’s grandfather, Surender Agarwal, is currently in judicial custody for alleged kidnapping and wrongful confinement of their family driver, who was pressured to tell the police that he was behind the wheel when the fatal accident took place.
The 17-year-old boy’s father, real estate developer Vishal Agarwal, and his mother are also currently in police custody in a case related to the juvenile’s blood samples swapping.
Pune Porsche Crash Case
The tragic incident occurred in Kalyani Nagar, resulting in the deaths of two IT professionals after the Porsche car, allegedly driven by the minor, collided with their two-wheeler.
Meanwhile, the teen’s grandfather on Thursday approached the Bombay High Court, through his lawyer Aashutosh Srivastava, with a writ petition, stating that he was wrongfully detained and falsely implicated in the case related to kidnapping and wrongful confinement of their family driver.
The petition stated that investigating authorities on mere allegations and based on a complaint submitted after an inordinate delay of five days, filed the case without following due procedure mandated under section 42A of the CrPC against the 77-year-old senior citizen (juvenile’s grandfather).
The plea stated that the driver, after being released around 11 pm on May 20 from the Yerawada police station following investigation, was received by the petitioner (the teen’s grandfather). Since he was frightened and devastated and there was a risk to his life, it was mutually decided by both the driver and the petitioner to go the latter’s home, said the plea.
It stated the petitioner assured the safety and protection of the driver and his family.
The plea, calling the complaint by the driver as ‘concocted and bogus’ in regards to his alleged abduction and wrongful confinement, prayed the HC to direct the police to immediately release the petitioner and also sought strict action against cops.
(With PTI Inputs)
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