The 17-year-old Porsche driver, who crushed two motorbike riders to death in Pune’s Kalyani Nagar, has not answered any questions pertaining to the investigation, sources told News18.
Pune police spoke to the minor for about an hour at the observation home, where he has been sent till June 5, in his mother’s presence.
Earlier in the day, the cops arrested his mother, Shivani Agarwal, after confirmation that that accused’s blood samples were replaced with hers. She is likely to be produced in a court during the day.
The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) on Friday permitted the police to probe the teenager. Under the Juvenile Justice Act, the inquiry of a minor has to be conducted in the parents’ presence.
Two IT professionals were killed in the early hours of May 19 in Kalyani Nagar in Pune after a Porsche allegedly being driven by the minor, who the police claim was drunk, rammed into their two-wheeler.
The minor’s father, realtor Vishal Agarwal, and grandfather Surendra Agarwal have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping the family’s driver and putting pressure on him to take the blame.
A court on Friday remanded the teenager’s father and grandfather in judicial custody for 14 days after their police custody ended.
(With inputs from PTI)
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