Pune accident case: Two liquor serving outlets visited by teen driver sealed

The Maharashtra excise department has sealed two restaurants where a 17yearold boy involved in a fatal car crash was allegedly served liquor on orders of the Pune district collectorate the local administration said reported news agency PTIPune accident case The accused juvenile allegedly consumed liquorThe car a Porsche allegedly driven by the 17yearold who the police claim was drunk at the time fatally knocked down two motorbikeborne software engineers at Kalyani Nagar in Pune city in the early hours of SundayOn the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday the accused juvenile along with his friends went to the two establishments between 930 pm and 1 am and allegedly consumed liquor according to police reported PTIThe two outlets Cosie restaurant and Hotel Blak Club were sealed on Tuesday following orders of the district collectorate reported PTIPune accident case Liquor serving outlets sealedWhile Cosie is located in Koregaon Park an area adjacent to Kalyani Nagar the Blak Club is in Mundhwa reported PTIThe Cosie restaurant and Blak Club in Marriot Suite have been sealed with immediate effect by the state excise department following orders from district collector Suhas Diwase said a statement from the district administration reported PTIPune accident case Decide a limit on serving liquor as customers drive vehicles to return home says CourtA special inspection drive has been started by the excise department to ensure pubs and license holding restaurants do not serve liquor to underage patrons and operate beyond the 130 am deadline said the statementIf any violations are found cases would be registered against such establishments and their licences will be cancelled it addedMeanwhile a local court hearing the luxury car accident case on Tuesday remanded three accused in police custody till May 24 and directed the pub and bar operators to decide a limit on how much liquor should be served to their customers as the latter use their own vehicles to drive back home afterwards reported PTIThe court remanded the three accused an owner and two managers of different restaurants in police custody in the case of a car accident allegedly involving a 17yearold boy that claimed the lives of two persons in the early hours of SundayWhile seeking their custody for seven days the prosecution told the court that the establishments owned or managed by the accused served liquor to the boy and his friends without confirming his age reported PTIExpressing concern over the loss of two lives in the accident the judge while remanding the three accused into police custody came down heavily on the pub and bar operators reported PTIWith inputs from PTI