Two Pune Police officials were suspended on Friday for "not informing their senior officials" in time about the Porsche accident by a teen driver last week which killed two people in city's Kalyani Nagar area, sources said.
"Police Inspector (PI) Rahul Jagdale and Assistant Police Inspector (API), Vishwanath Todkari, posted at Yerwada police station, have been suspended as they did not inform the wireless control room about the accident," Pune Commissioner of Police (CP) Amitesh Kumar said.
A Porsche, allegedly driven by the 17-year-old, who the police claim was drunk at the time, fatally knocked down two motorbike-borne software engineers in the city in the early hours of Sunday.
The accused teenager was remanded by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) after an outcry over quick bail granted to him earlier.
Earlier in the day, police also said that attempts were being made to tamper with the evidence to show that the Porsche that ran over two people on a motorcycle was being driven by a family driver and not by the 17-year-old.
"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," Amitesh Kumar said.
"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," he added.
It was also reported that the juvenile was given preferential treatment while he was in police custody. He was also allegedly served pizza after the incident. Responding to the allegations, Kumar said, "We have clearly said that a pizza party didn't happen in the police station. But yes, something had happened on which we have initiated an internal investigation".
"We are trying to make this a water tight case. We have already filed a case against the father of accused and the bar owners. The technical analysis of the evidences is underway," the senior officer added.
The teenager's father, Vishal Agarwal, along with four others, was also arrested in connection with the case. All the five people were remanded to judicial custody till June 7.
Source: India Today