Pune accident case: CM asks for strict action in mishap involving juvenile

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis have instructed that stringent action be taken in the case of a car accident allegedly involving a 17yearold boy that killed two persons the Pune police chief said on TuesdayThe Porsche allegedly driven by the juvenile who the police claim was drunk at the time knocked down two motorbike riders in the Kalyani Nagar area of Pune city in the early hours of Sunday causing their deaths as per officialsThe police have detained the boyrsquos father a real estate developer and arrested three executives of two hotels for serving liquor to the juvenile they saidldquoThe chief minister the deputy chief minister and home minister Fadnavis and the Pune guardian minister Deputy CM Ajit Pawar have given clear instructions to the police to take stringent action in this case The state Director General of Police has also instructed for strong actionrdquo Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar told reporters hereThe father of the 17yearoldHe addressed the publicrsquos concerns that the police were not taking adequate action in the case Kumar affirmed that both the government and police were committed to taking stringent measures against those responsible for the incidentAsked about any pressure on the police in this case the official said that from the beginning the police have been acting according to the law and there was no pressure on the cops from anyoneldquoI mentioned yesterday on Monday that we are ready to discuss every legal step taken by the police We have taken the most stringent possible action If legal experts believe there are more stringent provisions available they should come forward for a public discussionrdquo he saidKumar said on the first day the police invoked Indian Penal Code Section 304 culpable homicide not amounting to murder in addition to section 304A causing death by negligenceldquoWe also moved an application before a court seeking permission to treat the juvenile as an adult due to the heinous nature of the act Unfortunately the court rejected our application We have now approached the district sessions court and are awaiting the judgmentrdquo he saidBlood report awaitedKumar said the blood report of the juvenile is still awaited However the CCTV footage of the restaurants and bill payments made there indicate the juvenile had consumed alcohol he saidOn the allegations of ldquopreferential treatmentrdquo being given to the juvenile while in custody after the incident Kumar said stringent action would be taken against the police personnel if they were found to be aiding the teenager directly or indirectlyA group of friends were returning on motorbikes at around 315 am on Sunday after a party when the speeding Porsche hit one of the motorcycles at Kalyani Nagar junctionThe two ridersmdashAnis Awadhiya and Ashwini Costa both 24yearold IT professionals hailing from Madhya Pradeshmdashdied of their injuries police saidThe accused teenager was subsequently produced before the Juvenile Justice Board which granted him bail hours laterA case has been registered against the youngster under section 304 culpable homicide not amounting to murder of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act as per the policeThe police had registered a case against the teenagerrsquos father a real estate developer under sections 75 and 77 of the Juvenile Justice Act and against the owners and staff members of the bar establishments for serving alcohol to an underage personThe probe in these cases has been transferred to the Crime Branch an official earlier saidSection 75 deals with ldquowillful neglect of a child or exposing a child to mental or physical illnessesrdquo while section 77 deals with supplying a child with intoxicating liquor or drugslsquoSack Pune police chiefrsquoMeanwhile Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut demanded the removal of the Pune police commissioner in connection with the accidentTalking to reporters he alleged the police gave a false report in connection with the incident and wondered whom the Pune police chief was trying to saveldquoThe Pune police commissioner should be sacked Who has he helped in this case Two innocent persons lost their lives The boy can be seen drinking in a pub This is a corrupt police system and a corrupt MLArdquo he claimed without elaboratingldquoWhom is the police commissioner trying to save You are giving a false reportrdquo the Rajya Sabha member allegedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever