In a fresh development in the Pune Porsche accident case, two doctors from Sassoon General Hospital were arrested in connection with the accident involving 17-year-old Vedant Agarwal, reports said on Monday. The arrested doctors were charged with manipulation of blood samples, Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar confirmed to ANI.
The arrests come just two days after the grandfather of the accused, Surendra Kumar Agarwal, was arrested by the Pune police on Saturday. Surendra Kumar Agarwal was accused of putting pressure on the family’s driver to take the blame for the accident. He allegedly offered him money and made life threats.
Surendra Kumar Agarwal, son Vishal forced family driver to take blame
The police have alleged that Surendra Kumar Agarwal and his son Vishal coerced their driver, Gangadhar Herikrub, into falsely claiming that he was driving their Porsche during the fatal accident which killed two. The driver was reportedly confined in their Vadgaon Sheri residence, threatened, and offered incentives to take the blame. However, CCTV footage showed the Vedant Agarwal driving the car at 200 kmph while intoxicated, resulting in the deaths of two 24-year-old tech professionals, Anish Awadhiya and Ashwini Koshta, from Madhya Pradesh.
Surendra Kumar Agarwal remanded till May 28
Surendra Kumar Agarwal, with a criminal background and alleged connections to the Chhota Rajan gang, was arrested for the illegal confinement of the driver and remanded in custody until May 28. Vishal Agarwal, already in custody for the accident, was also named in the FIR. The driver recounted being taken to the police station post-accident, then forcibly taken to the Agarwals’ bungalow, where he was held until he managed to contact his wife, who alerted the police.
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