Mother of Pune teenager, who killed 2 people with Porsche, arrested for 'tampering with evidence'

Earlier, the teenager's mother from Pune was apprehended for tampering with evidence and for being present at the hospital during blood sampling.

Pune: Shivani Agarwal, mother of a 17-year-old accused in the Pune Porsche crash case, was arrested on Saturday for tampering with evidence, Pune police said. The arrest comes days after it was found that the teenager's blood sample had been replaced with that of a woman during a breathalyzer test at Sasson Hospital. This incident gave rise to speculation that it could be her mother, following which she remained incommunicado.

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Previously, she was arrested for tampering with evidence and for being present at the hospital when blood was drawn.

Shivani Agarwal's statement was recorded earlier in the case by the Pune crime branch at Agarwal's residence.

Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar confirmed the arrest saying: The mother of the accused minor has been arrested in this case. »

Meanwhile, days after the Porsche car accident that sent shockwaves across the country, retired IAS officer Arun Bhatia wrote a letter to the Chairman of the Rights Commission of Maharashtra State Police (MHRC) seeking transfer of Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar from the city.

Bhatia also asked the human rights body to probe the conduct of Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar as he represents the city police.”

The appointment of the doctor as chief medical officer based on the recommendation of a politician should be investigated and the health secretary should be punished, Bhatia said in the letter.

Bhatia also demanded a police report regarding the step-by-step sequence of events and reasons for delays and lapses in the investigation process, which must be obtained and made public immediately.

“The current police commissioner cannot be counted on to do this,” he said. The retired civil servant accused the police commissioner of covering up the crime and his corrupt officials.

“To top off this scandal, the court released the seventeen-year-old who left a pub to get behind the wheel on bail instead of placing him in a remand prison,” he said.