2 docs arrested on charges of manipulating blood samples, evidence destruction

The Pune police have arrested two doctors of the Sassoon General Hospital here for alleged manipulation of blood samples and destruction of evidence in the case of a car accident involving a 17yearold boy officials said on Monday reported news agency PTIThose arrested include head of the forensic department of the hospital they saidPune accident case Arrested for alleged manipulationThey have been arrested for alleged manipulation of blood samples and destruction of evidence in the case a senior police official said reported PTIThose held have been identified as Dr Ajay Taware and Shrihari Harnor the official said reported PTIThe case is currently being probed by the crime branchTwo IT professionals died after their motorcycle was hit by a speeding Porsche allegedly driven by the minor in the early hours of May 19 reported PTIPune accident case Teenager was drunkThe police claim the teenager was drunk at the time of the accidentThe 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 reported PTIThe police have arrested the teenagers father who is a realtor and his grandfather in connection with the accidentPune accident case Minors grandfather arrested family put pressure on driver to take blame say copsPune police on Saturday arrested the grandfather of the 17yearold involved in a car crash here that killed two persons while claiming that both the teenagers father and grandfather put pressure on the familys driver to take blame for the accident by offering him money and giving threats reported PTIThe teenagers grandfather Surendra Agarwal was arrested for illegal confinement of the driver and a court subsequently remanded him in police custody till May 28 The minors father in judicial custody in another case registered in connection with the May 19 accident too was named in the First Information Report reported PTIAfter the accident the driver gave a statement at the Yerawada police station that he was at the wheelBut it was revealed that the teen was driving the car police commissioner Amitesh Kumar told reportersAfter the driver left the Yerawada police station the teenagers father realtor Vishal Agarwal and his grandfather whisked him in a car to his house on the premises of their bungalow confiscated his phone and confined him there the senior police official said reported PTIHe was pressured to give a statement to police as per their directions Kumar said adding that the driver was offered gifts and cash for owning up the crash of the Porsche driven by the teenager and also threatened reported PTIThe Agarwal family offered to pay the driver any amount he quoted the commissioner said adding that his wife reached the place the next day and freed himThe driver was frightened He was summoned and his statement was recorded on Thursday May 23 After corroboration of facts an offence was registered against the juveniles father and grandfather on the drivers complaint Kumar said reported PTIVishal Agarwal and his father were booked under Indian Penal Code sections 365 kidnapping and 368 wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement Police will seek Vishals custody in the case from the court on Monday reported PTIThe driver gave a statement to the police saying he was not driving the car when it knocked down two IT professionals on a motorbike in Kalyani Nagar area of the city in the early hours of May 19 the commissioner saidThe driver and his family will be provided police protection Kumar addedInvestigation so far has shown that the juvenile while being drunk was driving the car the commissioner had said earlierWith inputs from PTI