Pune: Another murky layer has been added to the Pune Porsche accident case where a drunken 17-year-old boy allegedly rammed and killed two technicians with his bike. Police sources reveal that the doctor who helped exchange the accused’s blood samples provided the same “service” to several other people through a network of intermediaries.
Dr. Ajay Tawade, head of Sassoon Hospital’s forensic department, who was arrested and is in custody in connection with the case, is one of the doctors who allegedly swapped the minor’s blood samples with her mother’s blood samples for ensure that the final report did not contain alcohol.
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Pune Crime Branch sources told NDTV that their investigation revealed that this was not the first time Dr Tawade had done something like this. Whenever there were public incidents of drunk drivers running over and killing people, medical brokers working in Pune and four other districts of western Maharashtra contacted the families and offered to exchange their blood samples for clean ones. the defendant could get away with a lesser charge.
“The brokers would charge lakhs, usually more than ₹ 5 lakh, for the service and the money would be handed over to Dr Tawade and they would do the surgery,” the source said, adding that this has been happening ever since the doctor took over. . custom to the Department of Forensic Science almost two years ago.
Mr. Tawade has also faced serious allegations in the past. He was accused of drug cases and the crime of kidney transplant and was allegedly elevated to the post of head of the forensic department on the suggestion of the MLA and the minister.
Last month, Sassoon Hospital dean Vinayak Kale said Maharashtra medical education minister Hasan Mushrif and MLA Sunil Tingre – both from the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP – had written a letter asking Dr Tawade to head the department Mr Kale was sent on compulsory leave shortly after the application was made.
MLA Tingre was also accused of visiting the Yerwada police station after the Porsche accident and putting pressure on the officials to solve the case.
The accident happened around 2.15 am. on May 19 when a 17-year-old, who was drinking with his friends in two bars in Pune to celebrate his class 12 results, fell on the 24-year-old. year old – old IT professionals in Kalyani Nagar area. He drove a 2.5 crore Porsche over 150 kmph.
Aneesh Awadhiya, who was riding a bicycle, went flying and crashed into a parked car, while Ashwini Koshta, who was riding a bicycle, was thrown 20 feet into the air. Both died on the spot.
Post a commentAt 17 years and 8 months, the teenager was four months under the legal driving age and seven years over Maharashtra’s legal drinking age.
