Doctors Got Rs 3 Lakh Bribe To Change Blood Sample Of Pune Porsche Teen

Pune: The two arrested doctors allegedly received Rs 3 lakh as bribe to manipulate the blood test report of the 17-year-old accused, revealed the peon, who was arrested in the Pune Porsche crash case on Monday along with two doctors.

According to sources, the peon, Atul Ghatkamble, acted as the middleman and collected Rs 3 lakh bribe meant for the two doctors from the teen’s family.

Pune Crime Branch arrested Dr Ajay Tawade and Dr Hari Harnor of Sasoon Hospital on Monday.

Investigation has revealed Dr Tawade and the teen accused’s father spoke over the phone on the day of the accident. According to the investigating police officials, the juvenile’s father offered the doctor allurements to replace the blood samples.

The blood samples of the minor accused were swapped to remove the traces of alcohol.

Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar said that the samples collected at the hospital and sent for forensic tests were not of the juvenile accused.

Two young IT professionals died when their bike was hit by the speeding Porsche allegedly driven by the inebriated 17-year-old in the early hours of May 19 in Pune. The car was travelling at a speed of over 200 km per hour when it hit the bike on which two 24-year-old techies were travelling.