A 17 year old minor killed two IT professionals while racing his dad’s Porche on the streets of Pune. The accident took place in the early hours of Sunday morning in Kalyani Nagar Area. According to police reports, the minor was under the influence of booze while driving. CCTV camera reveals that the car was being driven at an approximate speed of 240km/h in a narrow lane of Kalyani Nagar Area.
Vedant Agarwal, son of Vishal Agarwal of Brahma Realty, caused a fatal accident in Kalyani Nagar at 3:00 AM on Saturday. Driving his Porsche at high speed,Vedant lost control,colliding with multiple vehicles.The crash resulted in the immediate deaths of 2
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Pune Commissioner of Police, Amitesh Kumar mentioned, the 17-year old minor was on his way home from a local pub where was celebrating his class 12 result with liquor being served despite the legal drinking age in Maharashtra being 25 years. As a result, the local pub is facing charges for illegal service of alcohol to a minor.
Whose minor was involved?
The minor involved in the crash hails from a family that has established itself in the real estate business for 40 years. His father, Vishal Aggarwal is the owner of a successful construction firm, Brahma Corp founded by the minor’s great grandfather Brahmadatt Aggarwal. Their family business also branches out to Brahma Multispace and Brahma Multicon. AAJ TAK report claims that his net worth is around 601 crore.
The two victims
The two adults killed in the crash – Anish Awadhiya and Ashwini Koshta were IT engineers, on their way back from a get together when they were hit by the speeding Porsche car at nearly 2:15 am leading to their on the spot death.
Ashwini Koshta was a resident of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. As revealed by her mother, she had plans to return to Jabalpur for a surprise visit to her father on his birthday in June, before the unfortunate turn of events took place. The other resident, Anish Awadhiya also a small town resident of Madhya Pradesh was a financial pillar for the family of four, including his father, mother and a 21 year old brother.
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Case proceedings
The 17 year and 8 months old minor, initially detained, has recently been granted bail by a Pune court within 15 hours with three conditions – write a 300-word essay on accidents, work with traffic police for 15 days and undergo counseling and treatment for his drinking habit. Given the severity of the accident, with two deaths on spot, such a swift and lenient judgment by the court has sparked widespread outrage on social media.
Anish and Ashwini’s kin expressed their disappointment over the judgment and had urged the court to try him as an adult. The sessions court is mulling over the plea. Upset by the judgment Anish’s uncle Akhilesh called it a murder rather than an accident. “The accused, a minor, was drunk and was driving at 240 km per hour. He did not have a driving license. This is murder, not an accident.”, he said. Vowing to fight for justice, the infuriated family members of Ashwini have demanded investigation into the minor and his parents.
Currently, his father has been detained by the police under sections 75 and 77 of the Juvenile Justice Act while waiting for a response from the sessions court.
