In the latest development in the Pune Porsche car crash that occurred on May 19, two individuals were remanded to judicial custody by a local court on Monday. Aditya Avinash Sood, 52, and Ashish Satish Mittal, 37, were arrested on August 19 for their alleged involvement in swapping blood samples in connection with a fatal accident.
The incident, which resulted in the deaths of two IT professionals from Madhya Pradesh, involved a Porsche car reportedly driven by a minor in a state of intoxication. The luxury car collided with a motorcycle in Pune’s Kalyani Nagar, leading to this tragic outcome.
The two men arrested are accused of swapping their blood samples for tests with those of the minors in the car, including the 17-year-old primary suspect. The substitution aimed to manipulate the alcohol detection tests following the crash.
District and additional sessions judge U M Mudholkar decided against extending their police custody, instead moving Sood and Mittal to judicial custody. The prosecution had argued for continued police custody to further investigate potential conspiracies involving several others, including the juvenile’s parents, Vishal and Shivani Agarwal, doctors Ajay Taware and Shreehari Halnor, and another accused still at large, Arun Kumar Singh.
The court also heard arguments regarding the potential financial transactions between the parties involved in the case. Defense counsels opposed the extension, asserting that the investigation had reached its completion.
According to the police, Arun Kumar Singh had arranged for Mittal’s blood samples to be used for his minor son’s alcohol tests, while Sood’s samples were purportedly used for the other minor involved in the crash.
