NEW DELHI: Pune court has sent the minor’s father to 2-day police custody till May 24 after his 17-year-old son rammed his Porsche into 2 techies, resulting in their death.
This comes after Pune crime branch team on Tuesday morning detained the father of the teenage driver involved in Sunday’s fatal accident that killed two techies in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
The father, a prominent builder, is facing charges of giving his son his high-end car to drive despite knowing that the latter did not have a driving licence nor was he trained to drive the car and that his son consumed alcohol. The builder was detained from a lodge in Sambhajinagar, while his driver and associate were picked from a hotel.
The police also arrested Naman Bhutada (25), the owner of the Cosie pub in Mundhwa, and Sachin Kaatkar (35), a staff member at the establishment. Additionally, Sandip Sangle (35), an assistant restaurant manager at the Blak Marriott pub, also located in Mundhwa, has been taken into custody. The minor driver had reportedly visited these establishments to party with his friends before the fateful accident.