Pune Porsche car crash: two doctors held for tampering with minor's blood sample

Two doctors were arrested on May 27 morning for allegedly tampering with the blood sample of the 17-year-old boy involved in the Porsche car accident case.

Speaking to ANI news agency, Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar said that the two doctors of state-run Sassoon Hospital were caught by the Crime Branch. One of the arrested is the head of the hospital's forensic department.

The minor was taken to the Sassoon Hospital to get tested for alcohol following the fatal crash. According to reports, the doctors had switched the blood sample of the minor with that of another person who had not consumed alcohol.

"They have been arrested for alleged manipulation of blood samples and destruction of evidence in the case," a senior police officer told PTI news agency.

Those held have been identified as Dr Ajay Taware and Shrihari Harnor, the official said.

The case is currently being probed by the crime branch.

Two IT professionals died after their motorcycle was hit by a speeding Porsche allegedly driven by the minor in the early hours of May 19.

The police claim the teenager was drunk at the time of the accident.

The teenager was initially granted bail by the Juvenile Justice Board, which also asked him to write an essay on road accidents, but following outrage over the lenient treatment and a review application by the police, he was sent to an observation home till June 5.

The police have arrested the teenager's father, who is a realtor, and his grandfather in connection with the accident.

(With agency inputs)

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