Pune: The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) on Friday allowed police to investigate a minor allegedly involved in the Porsche accident in which two technicians died, an official said.
The police had written a letter to JJB seeking permission to investigate the 17-year-old boy, who is currently in the observation home.
“The hearing was held before the JJ board and it accepted our petition,” said Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Shailesh Balkawade.
Police claim the teen was driving a luxury car under the influence of alcohol when it hit two IT professionals riding a motorcycle in the Kalyani Nagar area of the city on the morning of May 19.
Under the Juvenile Justice Act, the minor must be interrogated in the presence of parents.JJB granted bail to Kishore, son of real estate developer Visha Agarwal, hours after the May 19 accident and asked him to write a 300-word essay on road safety. Amid nationwide outrage, the police again approached JJB who amended the order and sent him to observation home till June 5.
After the juvenile was granted bail by a JJ board member, the Maharashtra government formed a committee to probe the conduct of JJ members and whether norms were followed while issuing orders in the Pune CA accident case. Formed.
Women and Children Department Commissioner Prashant Naranvare said the committee headed by the deputy commissioner will submit its report by next week.
The JJB consists of one member from the judiciary and two persons appointed by the state government.The official said the current inquiry has been set up to probe the conduct of state-appointed members.
The minor's father Vishal Agarwal and grandfather Surendra Agarwal have been arrested for wrongfully imprisoning the family driver after the accident, offering cash and gifts to take the blame (and save the minor), and threatening him.
Police have also arrested two doctors and an employee of Sassoon Genera Hospital here for manipulating the teenager's blood samples to make it appear that he was not drunk at the time of the accident.
Police on Friday filed an application for the custody of Vishal Aggarwal in the case of alleged altering of blood samples. Earlier in the day, Judicial Magistrate (First Class) A A Pandey sent the real estate developer and his father (the minor's grandfather) to judicial custody for 14 days after their police custody in the driver kidnapping case ended.According to the police, about a dozen calls were exchanged between the teen's father and Dr Ajay Taware, one of the arrested doctors, while samples were being collected to test for alcohol consumption.
The police had written a letter to JJB seeking permission to investigate the 17-year-old boy, who is currently in the observation home.
“The hearing was held before the JJ board and it accepted our petition,” said Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Shailesh Balkawade.
Police claim the teen was driving a luxury car under the influence of alcohol when it hit two IT professionals riding a motorcycle in the Kalyani Nagar area of the city on the morning of May 19.
Under the Juvenile Justice Act, the minor must be interrogated in the presence of parents.JJB granted bail to Kishore, son of real estate developer Visha Agarwal, hours after the May 19 accident and asked him to write a 300-word essay on road safety. Amid nationwide outrage, the police again approached JJB who amended the order and sent him to observation home till June 5.
After the juvenile was granted bail by a JJ board member, the Maharashtra government formed a committee to probe the conduct of JJ members and whether norms were followed while issuing orders in the Pune CA accident case. Formed.
Women and Children Department Commissioner Prashant Naranvare said the committee headed by the deputy commissioner will submit its report by next week.
The JJB consists of one member from the judiciary and two persons appointed by the state government.The official said the current inquiry has been set up to probe the conduct of state-appointed members.
The minor's father Vishal Agarwal and grandfather Surendra Agarwal have been arrested for wrongfully imprisoning the family driver after the accident, offering cash and gifts to take the blame (and save the minor), and threatening him.
Police have also arrested two doctors and an employee of Sassoon Genera Hospital here for manipulating the teenager's blood samples to make it appear that he was not drunk at the time of the accident.
Police on Friday filed an application for the custody of Vishal Aggarwal in the case of alleged altering of blood samples. Earlier in the day, Judicial Magistrate (First Class) A A Pandey sent the real estate developer and his father (the minor's grandfather) to judicial custody for 14 days after their police custody in the driver kidnapping case ended.According to the police, about a dozen calls were exchanged between the teen's father and Dr Ajay Taware, one of the arrested doctors, while samples were being collected to test for alcohol consumption.
