Lavani artiste Gautami Patil’s car seized after road accident near Pune; driver booked

Patil’s car allegedly collided with an autorickshaw on the service road near Vishwas Hotel in Wadgaon Budruk around 5.15 am on September 30. The autorickshaw driver, Samaji Vitthal Margale, 44, was rushed to a hospital for treatment.

Margale’s friend Yuvraj Sasthe, 32, who is also an autorickshaw driver and is the complainant in the case, shared the car’s number with the police. During the investigation, the police traced the car and identified the person who was driving it when the accident took place.

Margale’s family approached BJP leader and minister Chandrakant Patil seeking justice for him.

Sambhaji Kadam, Deputy Commissioner of Police, told reporters that an FIR was registered after receiving an audiovisual complaint in the case. “The CCTV footage and statements of witnesses on the spot have revealed that only the driver was present in the car when the incident took place. The car has been seized. The driver was issued a notice, and he appeared before the police for investigation,” he said.

The police have also taken blood samples of the driver to determine if he had consumed alcohol at the time of the accident.

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