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Following the accident on May 19 involving a minor driving a Porsche Taycan that resulted in the deaths of two techies in Kalyani Nagar, a technical team from Porsche Mumbai inspected the vehicle which is currently in custody at Yerwada police station.
The car that was seized and kept at the police station was inspected by a team of three from Porsche Mumbai to determine if there are any malfunctions. The Pune RTO had previously reported that the car was not registered within their office. It was revealed that the car came from Bengaluru with a temporary registration issued by a Bengaluru-based dealer.
In court on Wednesday, during arguments against the police’s demand for custody of the minor’s father, Advocate Prashant Patil made a submission that the vehicle had not been registered due to being an electric car with reported technical malfunctions. He mentioned that a case regarding these issues is pending at the Delhi consumer forum.
Pune RTO official Sanjeev Bhor confirmed that the Porsche team had inspected the car and would submit their report after their procedures.
He also discussed the preliminary RTO inspection, a standard procedure after any accident. “They haven’t submitted the report to me as I was in a meeting. We have our routine inspection after every accident where we receive a letter from the police to inspect. We are supposed to submit our examination report after two days,” he said.
The investigation continues, focusing on the car’s incomplete registration process, which was halted due to unpaid fees of Rs 1,758 and alleged technical problems.
