As a latest development in the continuously intensifying case over the recent Porsche crash in Pune that killed two IT professionals, a Pune forensic laboratory report on Wednesday confirmed that the blood samples of the mother were swapped with th𒈔ose of her accused 17-year-old son.
Furthermore, the Juvenile Jus🧸tice Board (JJB) also extended the teenager's observation home remand until June 12, while the parents' police custody got ex🉐tended till June 10 by the sessions court.
The parents of the minor, along with the two doctors and the hospital employee, who were arrested over tampering with blood sample, were presented before District and Sessions Judge V R Kachare after the completion of their initial police cu♍stody. After hearing the arguments, the court extended the custody of the doctors and the hospital employ🧸ee until June 7, and that of the parents till June 10.
Pune Porsche crash: Mother's blood sample swapped with accused son
The teen's mother, known as Shivani Agarwal, was taken into police custody on June 1 for alleged swapping of blood samples f💟ollowing the 🐲statements of other accused and circumstantial and technical evidence.
Shivani's blood 🥀samples were sent for DNA sampling to✱ the FSL, and its report, received on Wednesday, confirmed that her blood samples had been sent to the FSL after the accident on May 19, the police told the court.
"We need police custody of both mother and father as these two aꦅccused hatched a conspiracy to destroy the evide🌜nce," assistant commissioner of police Sunil Tambe, the investigating officer, told the court.
Pune Poesche crash: Doctors arrested over tampering with blood samples
Taking into cognisance the allegations of tampering with the blood samples, police had earlier arrested two doctors and a hospital employee from Sassoon General Hospital. It is suspected✃ that one of the doctors had been in communication with the teenager's father.
The tragic incident occurred in Kalyani Nagar, resulting in the deaꦐths of two IT professionals after the Porsche, allegedly🅷 driven by the minor, collided with their two-wheeler.
Pune Porsche crash: Police sought extension of custody
Police had sought extension arguing that his parents were in police custody and the grandfather 🍸was in judicial custody in offences related to the May 19 accident.
"To avoid any adverse effect on the juvenile's mental healt🌺h, it is advisable to continue the juvenile's stay at observation home as better care will be taken there," said the investigating officer in his submission.
If he was released, hurd꧑les could be created in the probe with the help of relatives and evidence could be destroyed, the official claimed.
Police were also💦 completing necessary formalities to make a case that the teenager should be prosecuted as an adult in the case, the official added.
Further remand was also necessarꦆy to complete the teenager'൲s psychological counselling and counseling related to de-addiction, he said.
Advocate Patil, representing the teenager, objected, arguing there is n🔯o provision to extend the stay of a 𓆉juvenile in observation home under the Juvenile Justice Act. But the board granted the police plea.
