Police have booked the father and grandfather of the juvenile involved in the May 19 Porsche car crash in Pune, along with three others, in a separate case related to the abetment of the suicide of a businessman’s son, an official stated.
As per the police, a complaint was registered by D S Kature, a construction business owner in Pune’s Vadgaon Sheri area, against Vinay Kale, from whom his son Shashikant Kature had taken a loan for construction work.
Abetment of Suicide Allegations
After failing to repay the loan on time, Kale allegedly started adding compounding interest to the principal amount and harassing Shashikant Kature. Fed up with the constant harassment, Shashikant Kature committed suicide in January this year, the police said. A case was registered against Kale under IPC sections 306 (abetment of suicide) and 506 (criminal intimidation) at the Chandannagar police station in the city.
“During the investigation, the role of the juvenile’s father (a builder), grandfather, and three others emerged in the suicide case. We have now added sections 420 (cheating) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC to the case,” said a police officer without elaborating on their alleged role in the episode.
The juvenile’s grandfather is currently in judicial custody for allegedly kidnapping and wrongfully confining their family driver, who was pressured to tell the police that he was behind the wheel during the fatal accident. The 17-year-old boy’s father, real estate developer Vishal Agarwal, and his mother are currently in police custody in a case related to the juvenile’s blood sample swapping.
The Fatal Accident
The tragic incident occurred in Kalyani Nagar, resulting in the deaths of two IT professionals after the Porsche car, allegedly driven by the minor, collided with their two-wheeler. Meanwhile, the teen’s grandfather on Thursday approached the Bombay High Court, through his lawyer Aashutosh Srivastava, with a writ petition stating that he was wrongfully detained and falsely implicated in the case related to the kidnapping and wrongful confinement of their family driver.
The petition stated that investigating authorities, based on mere allegations and a complaint submitted after an inordinate delay of five days, filed the case without following the due procedure mandated under section 42A of the CrPC against the 77-year-old senior citizen (juvenile’s grandfather). The plea stated that the driver, after being released around 11 pm on May 20 from the Yerawada police station following the investigation, was received by the petitioner (teen’s grandfather). Since he was frightened and devastated and there was a risk to his life, it was mutually decided by both the driver and the petitioner to go to the latter’s home, the plea stated.
It further stated the petitioner assured the safety and protection of the driver and his family. The plea, calling the complaint by the driver ‘concocted and bogus’ regarding his alleged abduction and wrongful confinement, prayed the HC to direct the police to immediately release the petitioner and also sought strict action against the cops.
