Pune crash: Teen admitted to being drunk, mother tampered with blood sample, court told

The 17-year-old boy, who fatally knocked down two young IT professionals with his luxury Porsche car on May 19, reportedly admitted to the Pune Police that he was heavily drunk while driving when the accident occurred but claimed he cannot completely remember much of what happened.

Citing police sources, media reports said that during the questioning, the teen told officials that he ccould not remember the incidents completely.

According to the police, the juvenile remained tight-lipped during questioning.

When the police asked the minor about where he had been before the accident, his presence in Blak and Cosie pubs, or about driving the Porsche, the details of the accident, the collection of blood samples and medical tests, he had a single answer – that he had no memory of anything as he was drunk.

Investigations by the police has revealed that the minor and his friends had consumed alcoholic drinks at the two pubs where they ran a cumulative bill of ₹48,000.

Parents tampered with blood sample

Meanwhile, a court was told on Sunday (June 2) that the boy's parents had tampered with his blood sample by visiting the state-run Sassoon General Hospital in Pune.

The police made this claim while seeking the remand of the couple in connection with the destruction of evidence related to the May 19 accident.

The couple has been remanded to police custody until June 5.

The minor's mother, Shivani Agarwal, was arrested on June 1, after it emerged that the boy's blood samples were replaced with hers.

Vishal Agarwal, the boy's father and a realtor, was previously taken into custody for allegedly destroying evidence related to the case.

Both parents were produced before a holiday court, where police sought a seven-day remand for further investigation.

The police told the court that the parents allegedly conspired and destroyed the evidence related to the car crash.

The Agarwal couple went to the Sassoon Hospital to manipulate the blood samples of their minor son, the police said, adding that the blood sample of the teenager was swapped with that of his mother.

The court was told that police have secured the CCTV footage available at the hospital but also need to verify whether the footage has also been tampered with.

Police custody

The couple's lawyer, Prashant Patil, argued that the police had already searched their house and recovered CCTV footage, asserting that the couple has cooperated with the investigation and should be sent to judicial custody. The court, however, granted police custody.

The couple was booked under IPC section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) which is a bailable offence, he said, adding that two doctors and a hospital staffer are already in police custody in connection with the blood sample swap.

Surendra Agarwal, the boy's grandfather, was also arrested for allegedly kidnapping and pressuring the family's driver to take the blame for the accident.

The police have registered three separate cases including one for the accident itself, another against a bar that allegedly served alcohol to the minor, and a third involving the boy's father for allowing him to drive the car without a valid license.

(With inputs from agencies)