The Porsche Taycan, which the Pune teenager used to fatally knock down a techie couple on May 19, does not have defects or any technical issue, officials of the car company said in their report to the police.
Earlier, Maharashtra transport officials said that the permanent registration of the luxury car had been pending since March because the owner of the vehicle, the accused teen's father, did not pay a fee of Rs 1,758. The amount included Rs 1,500 hypothecation fees, Rs 200 smart card RC fees and Rs 58 postal charges.
They also said, citing records, that the Porsche was bought from a dealer in Bengaluru and not Pune. The car had an authentic temporary registration certificate with a validity of six months between March and September 2024. The officials added that the Bengaluru-based dealer wasn't at fault since he handed over the car after the temporary registration was done.
According to the officials, road tax is exempted for electric vehicles registered in Maharashtra.
Maharashtra Transport Commissioner Vivek Bhimanwar told news agency PTI that the sports car involved in the deadly crash won't be allowed to register at any Regional Transport Office (RTO) for 12 months as its existing temporary registration will be cancelled under provisions of the Motor Vehicles (MV) Act.
The teenager, meanwhile, has admitted to the police that he was indeed heavily drunk while driving the Porsche when the accident happened. He also informed the officials that he didn't remember all the incidents of the fatal night completely.
The confession came after several twists and turns in the case, wherein the 17-year-old's family members tried to pin the blame on their driver in return for a cash reward.
The teenager's parents, Shivani Agarwal and Vishal Agarwal, have both been remanded to police custody till June 5. The police have also arrested the teen's grandfather and taken two doctors of Pune's Sassoon General Hospital and an employee into custody. They are accused of tampering with the blood sample of their son to protect the 17-year-old.
As many as three separate cases have been filed in the incident - an FIR pertaining to the accident, a second case against the bar that allegedly served liquor to the teen, and a third case for the wrongful confinement and coercion of the family driver to take the blame for the accident.
The police have formed over a dozen teams consisting of 100 personnel to look into several aspects of the investigation into the crash.
Source: India Today