Pune Porsche Crash: Police Book Father, Grandfather Of Juvenile In Separate Suicide Abetment Case

The Pune police booked the father and grandfather of the juvenile involved in a fatal Porsche crash on May 19, along with three others, in a separate case of abetment of a businessman's son's suicide, an official stated on Thursday. The complaint, lodged by construction businessman DS Kature, alleged that Vinay Kale, from whom his son Shashikant Kature had borrowed money, harassed Shashikant with compounded interest demands, leading to his suicide in January.

A case under IPC sections 306 (abetment of suicide) and 506 (criminal intimidation) was registered against Kale at Chandannagar police station. The investigation revealed the involvement of the juvenile's father, Vishal Agarwal, a real estate developer, his grandfather, and three others, a police officer told PTI, without elaborating on their alleged role in the episode. Additional charges under sections 420 (cheating) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC were added, he stated.

The juvenile's grandfather is already in judicial custody for allegedly kidnapping and wrongfully confining their family driver, who was coerced to falsely claim he was driving during the accident. Agarwal and his wife are also in police custody over tampering of evidence as they allegedly swapped blood samples of the juvenile’s.

Last month, a tragic accident in Kalyani Nagar resulted in the deaths of two IT professionals when the Porsche, allegedly driven by the minor, collided with their two-wheeler.

On Thursday, the grandfather filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court related to the case of kidnapping and wrongful confinement of the family driver. The plea argued that the driver, after being released from police questioning, sought the grandfather's protection due to fear for his safety. The petition called the driver's abduction complaint "concocted and bogus" and requested the court to order the grandfather's release and take action against the police.

(With inputs from PTI)