Teen admits he was drunk night of crash, report says

(MENAFN-AsiaNet News) The 17-year-old boy whose late night race in a Porsche on a Pune road left two 24-year-old engineers dead has told police he does not remember what happened. had stopped by that night because he was drunk, according to sources.

The teenager, who was filmed drinking just before the accident and is said to have spent Rs 48,000 in a pub, is currently being held in an observation house while the Juvenile Justice Board considers an application from the police to try him as an adult.

According to information gathered, the teenager said during his interrogation that he did not remember what happened that evening.
Police are also trying to recover the minor's original blood sample, which was allegedly replaced to get him out of trouble.

Several FIRs were registered in connection with the accident after the crime branch's investigation revealed an elaborate conspiracy to protect the accused teenager.

One of the cases involves the accident, another involves serving alcohol to a minor, and a third involves the child's father, a prominent real estate agent, for allowing him to drive without a license.

Lawsuits were filed separately against the teen's grandfather for allegedly kidnapping the family's driver and threatening to hold him responsible for the crash, as well as against his parents for allegedly trying to destroy evidence.

For allegedly exchanging blood samples to alter the report, two doctors at the state-run Sassoon Hospital, including the director of the forensic department, were placed under arrest.
The boy's grandfather, father and mother were arrested for their alleged role in the attempted cover-up. The teenager's mother, whose sample was tested instead of her son's, told police that doctors at Sassoon Hospital took her sample without giving her a clear reason and denied tried to protect his son.

Software engineers Ashwini Kostha and Aneesh Awadhiya were killed in an accident that sparked outrage across the country. Within 15 hours of the accident, the teenager was released on bail under conditions widely considered precarious: a 300-word essay, 15 days of work with traffic police, psychiatric treatment and counseling for his alcohol consumption.

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