Grandfather Arrested in Porsche Hit-and-Run Case: Allegations of Wrongful Confinement

The Pune police have arrested the grandfather of the 17-year-old minor who allegedly fatally knocked down two persons with his Porsche. The incident occurred due to alleged “wrongful confinement” of their family driver. The teenager’s father, Vishal Agarwal, who is already in judicial custody in connection with the car accident, has also been named in this case.

According to reports, an attempt was made to establish that the high-end car was not driven by the minor. However, based on a complaint by the family driver of the juvenile, the Yerawada police have registered a separate offense against the teen’s grandfather and father. They have been booked under IPC sections 365 (kidnapping with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine a person) and 368 (wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement).

The sequence of events suggests that after the car crash, the teen’s grandfather and father allegedly kept the driver’s phone with them and put him in confinement in his house on the premises of their bungalow from May 19 to May 20. The driver was eventually freed by his wife. Agarwal and his father are accused of threatening the driver and asking him to take the blame by claiming that he was at the wheel when the Porsche crashed into a motorcycle in the early hours of Sunday.

Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar clarified that the juvenile was indeed driving the car, and they had collected all necessary chronological evidence. The teenager is currently in an observation home until June 5. The parents of the two IT professionals who lost their lives in the accident have demanded that the Supreme Court monitor the probe and that the trial be held in their state, Madhya Pradesh.