• By Mayukh Debnath
  • Sat, 01 Jun 2024 12:41 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND

Pune Porsche Crash: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday dismissed the allegations levelled against NCP MLA Sunil Tingre in the context of the Pune Porsche crash that left two IT professionals dead last month. Tingre represents the Vadgaon Sheri Assembly constituency in Pune city. In the aftermath of the fatal crash, allegations surfaced that Tingre intervened to ensure favourable treatment by the police to the juvenile accused.

Pune Porsche Accident: Ajit Pawar Defends NCP MLA

"Sunil Tingre is an MLA of the area where the incident took place. Whenever such incidents take place, the local MLA often visits the site. Did Sunil Tingre try to suppress the matter? The allegations against him are baseless," Ajit Pawar, who heads the NCP, was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

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Responding to questions about whether he called up Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar after the crash, Pawar stated, "I often call the commissioner of police over multiple issues but I haven't made a single call to him in this case."

Pune Porsche Crash Case: Juvenile's Mother Arrested

On Saturday, the teenager's mother was arrested in connection with the alleged manipulation of blood samples collected from him following the car crash. The juvenile's father, prominent realtor Vishal Agarwal, and his grandfather are presently in judicial custody over the alleged abduction of the family driver who was purportedly pressured to take the blame on himself.

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The police have also arrested two doctors and a ward boy of government-run Sassoon Hospital for allegedly replacing the juvenile's blood sample with that of his mother.

(With inputs from agencies)