Porsche accident in Pune: grandfather of teenager arrested

Pune, May 25 (PTI) The grandfather of the 17-year-old minor who allegedly fatally ran over two people with his Porsche in Pune city has been arrested for “wrongful confinement” of their family's driver, an official said on Saturday.

The teenager's father, Vishal Agarwal, has also been named in the case, he said.

A day earlier, Pune police chief Amitesh Kumar had said that an attempt was made to establish that the high-end car was not driven by the minor.

Following a complaint lodged by the driver of the minor's family, the Yerawada police registered a separate offense against the teenager's grandfather and father under sections 365 of the IPC (kidnapping with intent to secretly and unjustly confine a person) and 368 (concealment or illegal detention of a person). ), he said.

“After the accident, the teenager's grandfather and father allegedly took the driver's phone and detained him in his house located on the grounds of their bungalow from May 19 to 20. The driver was released by his wife,” the crime branch official said.

A Porsche, allegedly driven by the teenager, who police said was drunk at the time, killed two software engineers on a motorcycle in Kalyani Nagar area in the early hours of Sunday.

A local court in Pune on Friday took into custody all six accused arrested in the case, including the teenager's father. The teenager is in an observation home until June 5. PTI SPK NR

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