Pune car crash: Grandfather of minor accused remanded to police custody till May 28

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The grandfather of the teenager involved in the recent Porsche crash has been remanded to police custody until May 28. The court was informed that a digital video recorder (DVR) from a CCTV camera at the grandfather's house shows signs of tampering, which requires cyber analysis.

The grandfather was jailed earlier today for unlawful imprisonment of the family driver following the Pune car crash. He appeared before a holiday court in the afternoon, reported PTI.

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Per the PTI report, the prosecution said that the minor's father and grandfather paid cash and gifts to the family driver before threatening him to accept responsibility for the Pune car crash. The police sought a seven-day detention of the grandfather in order to recover the driver's phone, which was reportedly seized by the accused during his imprisonment.

The court was also aware of prior charges filed against the grandfather in police stations in Kondhwa and Bund Garden in Pune, as well as one in Mahabaleshwar, Satara district.

In the early hours of May 19, a Porsche, allegedly driven by an inebriated teenager, crashed with a motorbike, killing two software developers in Pune's Kalyani Nagar region, the PTI report added.

The accused's grandfather stated in court that he was in Delhi at the time of the accident and came to Pune on Sunday morning. His defence attorney, Prashant Patil, said that the driver was in the automobile at the time of the Pune car crash and that there was no wrongful imprisonment, the news agency report added.

Patil alleged that the driver chose to stay in the servant quarters at the accused's home willingly in response to the public outcry over the Pune car crash. He also stated that the granddad has been collaborating with the police and spent 16 hours per day with them since his arrival in Pune.

In previous trials, Patil stated that his client was acquitted in the Mahabaleshwar case. He also asked the court to guarantee that the accused's medical requirements were satisfied, the report added.

After hearing the arguments, the judge ordered the grandfather into police custody until May 28. On Friday, the court remanded six additional defendants, including the teenager's father, to judicial custody. The accused teenager of Pune car crash will remain in an observation home until June 5.

With PTI inputs