Pune car crash: Minor’s father tried to show an adult was driving and not his son, say police
The evidence collected by the investigating team confirmed that the car was being driven by the 17-year-old boy when it crashed and killed two persons.
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The Pune Police on Friday said it was looking into the option of booking the father of the 17-year-old boy, who crashed his car that killed two persons, for allegedly destroying evidence as he had attempted to show that the vehicle was being driven by an adult and not his son, The Indian Express reported.
The accident occurred on Sunday when the minor, reportedly from the family of a prominent city realtor, was driving a Porsche car with no number plate allegedly under the influence of alcohol. He was booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
On Friday, Commissioner Amitesh Kumar told reporters the evidence collected by the investigating team confirmed that the car was being driven by the minor. Four persons were inside the car when it crashed, said Kumar.
“The probe by the Pune city police has revealed that after the accident, the father of the minor boy attempted to show that the driver of the Porsche car was not his minor son, but an adult,” Kumar said, reported The Indian Express. “We have recorded the statement of the person employed by the family for driving the Porsche car. The statement of this driver is important.”
The commissioner said that the CCTV footage recorded at the security cabin of the...
