Pune Porsche crash: Police commissioner admits ‘negligence, says MLA’s police station visit didn’t influence probe

Amitesh Kumar said the minor boy was booked in the Porsche crash case around 8 am on May 19 after which he was taken for a medical examination.

Amitesh Kumar also spoke about the controversy surrounding the early morning visit to the Yerwada Police Station by Vadgaon Sheri MLA Sunil Tingare and the allegation that he had made attempts to influence the probe in the minor’s favour as he is close to his realtor father.

Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar said on Friday the internal inquiry being conducted by the department has prima facie found there was ‘some negligence’ on the part of the officer who initially probed the Pune Porsche crash case and lodged a First Information Report (FIR).

When asked about the status of the internal inquiry being conducted by the Pune City Police, Kumar told reporters, “There was some negligence by the officer concerned and appropriate action against that officer will be taken at the soonest”.

Kumar said the FIR was lodged against the minor boy around 8 am on Sunday at Yerwada Police Station after which he was taken to Sassoon General Hospital for a medical examination. “Here his blood samples were taken around 11 am. There is a lapse in the time of collection of blood samples. However, our case under Section 304 (culpable homicide) is not dependent on the blood report. We have a watertight case that he (minor) was in full senses while committing the offence,” said Kumar.

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He also spoke about the controversy surrounding the early morning visit to the Yerwada Police Station by Vadgaon Sheri MLA Sunil Tingare and the allegation that he had made attempts to influence the probe in the minor’s favour as he is close to his realtor father. “It’s a matter of fact that he had visited the police station, there’s no two opinions about it. However, I have been repeatedly saying that the police action was as per rules and because of that (MLA’s visit) there was no change in the direction of the investigation,” said Kumar.

Two young IT engineers were killed after a speeding Porsche Taycan allegedly driven by a 17-year-old boy in an inebriated state hit their motorcycle at Pune’s Kalyani Nagar junction around 2.30 am on May 19.

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