PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "According to the police, the two minors were present along with the juvenile with conflict of law in the car at the time of accident. All of them were allegedly under the influence of alcohol and their parents along with doctors at Sassoon General Hospital hatched a plan to swap blood samples by using mediators and there was an exchange of bribes that needs to be probed. Police sources said that the accused were on the run and visited Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Goa and Delhi before they were arrested late Monday night."
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PASSAGE TWO OF THE DAY: "Meanwhile, the boy’s parents and two doctors, Dr Ajay Taware and Dr Shrihari Halnor, and Atul Ghatkamble, former staffer at Sassoon General Hospital, have already been arrested for allegedly swapping the blood samples of the teen driver with those of his mother when he was taken for a medical examination after the crash. Two other accused — Ashpak Makandar and Amar Gaikwad — acted as middlemen between the father and the doctors to facilitate financial transactions to swap the blood samples."
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STORY: Porsche crash: Two more arrests in blood swapping case," by Shrinivas Deshpande, published by The Hindustan Times, on August 21, 2024.\
GIST: "Pune police crime branch have arrested two more persons in connection with the alleged swapping of blood samples of minors who were with the juvenile accused in the Pune Porsche car crash case, a top official said on Tuesday.
The arrested duo included the father of one of the two minors who were with the 17-year-old driver when he rammed his speeding Porsche car into two IT professionals on a motorbike at Kalyaninagar on May 19.
With the arrest of the duo, identified as Aditya Avinash Sood, 52, from Ghorpadi and Ashish Satish Mittal, 37, from Vimannagar late Monday night, the number of persons held in the car crash case has gone up to nine. Search for another accused Arun Kumar Singh is on.
The arrested duo’s blood samples were allegedly used as replacement for the samples of two minors.
Sood is the father of one of the minors, while Mittal is the friend of another minor’s father, Singh.
Special court of UM Mudholkar on Tuesday granted the duo police custody till August 26.
In his submission to the court, investigation officer ACP Ganesh Ingale said, “Both accused swapped blood samples to mislead the investigation hence they were held under Sections 201, 120 B, 467 and need seven days custody to investigate further links.”’
Defence lawyer of Sood, Abid Mulani, in his submission said, “Police have arrested my client without giving prior notice. He has recorded his statement, appeared before police several times and shared everything. Hence, there is no ground for his arrest.”’
According to Mulani, both minors present in the car at the time of accident were police witnesses. Their statements have been included in the charge sheet and now his father is arrested.
Defence lawyer of Mittal, Seol Shah, in his submission stated that despite all details recorded in the charge sheet, police want to investigate the bribe angle.
While Sood runs a factory that supplies parts to the aviation industry, Mittal is a realtor. Singh is a labour contractor.
According to the police, the two minors were present along with the juvenile with conflict of law in the car at the time of accident.
All of them were allegedly under the influence of alcohol and their parents along with doctors at Sassoon General Hospital hatched a plan to swap blood samples by using mediators and there was an exchange of bribes that needs to be probed.
Police sources said that the accused were on the run and visited Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Goa and Delhi before they were arrested late Monday night.
A case has been filed against the accused under Sections 201 (causing disappearance of evidence), 120 B (criminal conspiracy) and 467 (forgery of valuable security).
Meanwhile, the boy’s parents and two doctors, Dr Ajay Taware and Dr Shrihari Halnor, and Atul Ghatkamble, former staffer at Sassoon General Hospital, have already been arrested for allegedly swapping the blood samples of the teen driver with those of his mother when he was taken for a medical examination after the crash.
Two other accused — Ashpak Makandar and Amar Gaikwad — acted as middlemen between the father and the doctors to facilitate financial transactions to swap the blood samples.
They were also arrested earlier."
The entire story can be read at:
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Lawyer Radha Natarajan:
Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;
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FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions. They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!
Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;
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