Pune Porsche Crash: 3-Member Govt Panel To Probe Blood Sample Manipulation, Crime Branch Recovers ₹3 Lakh 10 Updates

(MENAFN- Live Mint) "Pune Porsche Crash: The Maharashtra government has established a three-member committee after the arrest of two doctors and an employee from Pune-based Sassoon General Hospital, according to a PTI report. The arrested are accused of manipulating the blood sample of the juvenile driver involved in the Pune Porsche car crash 17-year-old accused driver killed two young, motorcycle-borne, engineers while drunk driving on May 19.
In an order issued on May 27 by Medical Education Commissioner Rajiv Nivatkar, Dr Pallavi Sapale, dean of Grant Medical College and JJ Group of Hospitals, has been appointed as the chairperson of the committee committee includes Dr Gajanan Chavan, professor of the forensic medicine department at Grant Medical College, and Dr Sudhir Chowdhary, Special Duty Officer at Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar Government Medical College and Super Speciality Hospital's the top 10 developments in the caseCommittee in Pune today: The Maharashtra government's three-member panel has been instructed to visit Pune today, May 28. Dr Vinayak Kale, Dean of Sassoon General Hospital, has been instructed to cooperate with the committee during the investigation arrested for blood sample manipulation: Pune Police have arrested Dr Ajay Taware, head of the Forensic Medicine department at Sassoon Hospital; Dr Shrihari Halnor, the chief medical officer at the hospital; and Atul Ghatkamble, a staff member under Dr Taware for allegedly switching out the blood sample taken from the accused minor driver. They have been remanded in police custody until May 30. ₹3 lakh given to accused medical staff recovered: The Pune police's Crime Branch on May 26 recovered ₹3 lakh, allegedly given to doctors to change the blood sample of the accused minor, as per a News18 report. Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar said the juvenile's blood sample was discarded and replaced with another person's sample. In court, cops had emphasised the need to recover the money and determine whose blood sample was used to replace that of the accused, the report added Medical Council takes cognizance: News18 reported, citing sources, that the quasi-judicial body Maharashtra Medical Council has issued notices to both doctors accused of switching blood samples. Sources added that the council has given the accused doctors seven days to respond. They may also be required to appear in person if necessary. Importantly, if the Maharashtra Medical Council finds the two doctors guilty, it could suspend their medical licences for a period ranging from one day to a lifetime the tampering was discovered: Discovery that the blood sample of the accused minor was swapped came after a Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report found no alcohol in the minor's initial blood sample, but a second sample showed a different result, News18 reported. This raised doubts about the first report's accuracy, after which DNA tests confirmed that the two samples were from different individuals. This led investigators to suspect the involvement of doctors at the government hospital in tampering with evidence police probe ongoing: Pune Police suspects financial kickbacks in the alleged replacement of the juvenile driver's original blood sample in the Porsche crash case, as per a Hindustan Times report. At a press conference on May 27, Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar revealed that the juvenile's blood samples were discarded and replaced by two doctors from Sassoon Hospital.
Juvenile's father implicated in blood sale probe: During the court hearing, the prosecution claimed the juvenile's father, Vishal Agarwal, a realtor, instructed the doctors to change the blood samples. Cops are investigating to determine who else was involved in the blood sample manipulation.
Father sent to police custody: A Pune court granted police custody of Vishal Agarwal, currently in Yerwada Central Jail, for a separate case of kidnapping and wrongful confinement of his driver.
Juvenile sent to observation home: The juvenile involved in the crash was initially granted bail but was later sent to an observation home until June 5 following a review. Additional charges under sections 201, 120-B, 467, 213, and 214 of the Indian Penal Code have been added against the juvenile in the crash case.
Technical inspection of crashed car: On May 27, a Porsche team visited the Yerwada police station to perform a technical inspection of the luxury car involved in the crash.(With inputs from Agencies)

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