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Pune Porche accident: Court sends father of accused minor, 5 others to judicial custody till Jun 7
Builder Vishal Agarwal, father of the minor who was allegedly driving the car, has said that “he has not committed any offence and is being falsely implicated”.
A special court in Pune on Friday sent all 6 accused, including the father of the 17-year-old minor who crashed a Porsche into a motorbike killing two software engineers in Kalyani Nagar on Sunday, to judicial custody until June 7.
Builder Vishal Agarwal, the father of the minor who was allegedly driving the car, has said that “he has not committed any offence and is being falsely implicated”, News18 reported.
Advocate Asim Saraode said to ANI, “This is not a very difficult case according to the point of view of the law. There are some emotions and human rights violations involved... The police claim they need to investigate the DCR and the driver needs to be investigated because he has been arrested today. Other reasons were not new so the court has not considered the request and sent the accused to the magisterial custody remand till June 7.”
The Agarwals are a well-known real estate developer family in Pune, operating under the name Bramha for the past 40 years. Vishal Agarwal and his wife, Shivani Agarwal, are working on a residential project called Bramha Skycity Phase-3, which is set to be completed by April 2026. Vishal, Shivani, and Vishal's father, Shivkumar Agarwal, are involved in at least three real estate companies, as disclosed to the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA).
Anish Awadhiya and Ashwini Koshta, both 24-year-old IT professionals from Madhya Pradesh, died on May 19 when the speeding Porsche, allegedly driven by Vishal's son, hit their motorcycle. Ashwini was from Jabalpur, and Anish was from Birsinghpur Pali in Umaria district. The two were returning from a get-together along with other friends when the incident happened.
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Vishal is charged under two sections of the Juvenile Justice Act for "failing to carry out his duties as a guardian" and is also charged under the Motor Vehicles Act.
Who was driving the car?
Earlier on Friday, the Pune Police chief said that there was an attempt to tamper with evidence to show that the Porsche was driven by a family driver instead of the 17-year-old who is currently in custody.
Pune police said this week that Vishal asked the driver to let his son drive the Porsche Taycan whenever he demanded.
However, Vishal's lawyer claimed that he gave the car to the driver, not his son. As per a police statement, the driver called Vishal informing him that his son was insisting on driving the car. They added that he asked the driver to sit in the adjacent seat and let the minor drive the car.
Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar said on Friday, “We have the CCTV footage of him (juvenile) drinking liquor in the pub. The point of saying this is that our case is not alone depending on the blood report as we have other evidence also. He (juvenile) was fully in his senses. He had full knowledge that due to his conduct, such an accident, where section 304 is applicable, can happen.”
