Pune Porsche accident: Teen driver admits to police he was drunk; mother says ‘doctors asked me to…’

Through the interrogation the Pune Porsche car teen driver told the police that as he was drunk at the time of the accident and he could not remember anything. The 17-year-old boy, who fatally knocked down two young IT professionals with his luxury Porsche car on May 19, reportedly admitted to the Pune Police that he was heavily drunk while driving when the accident occurred. The teen told the Pune Police that as he was drunk at the time of the accident, he could not remember anything. He was questioned in the presence of his mother, who was arrested on Saturday, and crime branch officials, including assistant commissioner of police Sunil Tambe and district child protection officer. “Our officials asked the minor about his location before the accident, his presence in Blak and Cosie pubs, driving the Porsche, details of the accident, tampering of evidence, collection of blood samples and medical tests. To all the questions, the minor had a single answer – that he had no memory of anything as he was drunk,” said a crime branch official. Initial probe had revealed that the minor and his friends had consumed alcoholic drinks at the two pubs where they ran a cumulative bill of ₹48,000. The duo is being probed for their alleged role in tampering with the blood sample of the minor following the car accident on May 19 in Maharashtra’s Pune city, which claimed the lives of two IT professionals. The minor’s mother, Shivani Agarwal, was arrested on June 1 after the revelation that the boy’s blood samples were replaced with hers. The Pune Police had taken custody of his father, realtor Vishal Agrawal, arrested earlier in a related case, for allegedly being involved in the destruction of evidence. The police produced the duo before a holiday court in Maharashtra’s Pune city and sought their remand, which was allowed till June 5. The police told the court that the Vishal Agarwal couple conspired and destroyed the evidence related to the accident.