Police have detained the father of a 17-year-old boy allegedly involved in a car accident that killed two people in Pune. Additionally, three executives of two hotels have been arrested for serving liquor to the juvenile.
The Porsche car, allegedly driven by the 17-year-old who police claim was drunk at the time, hit and killed two motorbike riders in the Kalyani Nagar area of Pune city in the early hours of Sunday.
"We have detained the teenager's father from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, and he is being brought to Pune and will be arrested in the case registered against him," Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar said.
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Additionally, the Pune police have arrested Pralhad Bhutda, the owner of Cosie restaurant, Sachin Katkar, and Sandip Sangle, the manager of Hotel Blak, for allegedly serving alcohol to a minor, according to Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Shailesh Balkawade.
"All will be produced in a court later in the day," he said.
On the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, the accused juvenile, along with his friends, went to the two establishments between 9:30 pm and 1 am and allegedly consumed liquor, according to the police.
"The CCTV footage of the bar clearly shows that the juvenile was consuming alcohol. There is no doubt that the juvenile was driving the car after consuming alcohol. We will be submitting all these facts to the court," police commissioner Kumar earlier said.
The police have registered a case against the father of a teenager, who is a real estate developer, under sections 75 and 77 of the Juvenile Justice Act. They have also filed cases against the owners and staff members of the bar establishments for serving alcohol to an underage person.
An official has stated that the investigation of these cases has been transferred to the crime branch.
Section 75 deals with "willful neglect of a child, or exposing a child to mental or physical illnesses," while section 77 deals with supplying a child with intoxicating liquor or drugs.
According to the FIR lodged in connection with the incident, the man, despite knowing his son did not have a valid driving license, gave him the car, thus endangering the latter's life, and allowed him to party even as the father knew that he consumes liquor.
The two riders -- Anis Awadhiya and Ashwini Costa, both 24-year-old IT professionals hailing from Madhya Pradesh -- died of their injuries.
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