08 June,2024 05:41 PM IST | Pune | mid-day online correspondent
The car seized by police. File Pic/PTI
The civic administration in Maharashtra's Satara district on Saturday demolished illegal structures in a resort in Mahabaleshwar owned by the family of the 17-year-old boy allegedly involved in the Pune car crash, an official said, reported the PTI.
According to the PTI, the district officials bulldozed unauthorized constructions in MPG Club owned by the family in the Malkam Peth area of Mahabaleshwar, the official said.
Two IT professionals hailing from Madhya Pradesh were killed when a Porsche allegedly driven by the juvenile in an inebriated condition hit their two-wheeler in Pune's Kalyani Nagar area on May 19, as per the PTI.
The accident hit national headlines due to efforts made to get the juvenile off the hook, resulting in the arrest of several persons, including his father and grandfather.
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The administration's bulldozer action has come days after Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde ordered Satara collector Jitendra Dudi to take action against the resort if it was found to be illegal.
The administration had sealed the establishment last week, the official said.
The juvenile's grandfather is in judicial custody for allegedly kidnapping the family's driver to force him to take the blame for the Porsche crash, while his father and mother are in jail for their alleged involvement in swapping the blood samples collected to test alcohol consumption as part of the probe, the news agency reported.
Police move Juvenile Justice Board to seek extension of teen's remand
Meanwhile, the Pune Police in Maharashtra have moved an application before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) seeking extension for 14 days the remand of a 17-year-old boy allegedly involved in a car crash which claimed two lives, an official said on Wednesday.
The remand of the juvenile, who is lodged at an observation home here, ends on Wednesday.
"We have moved an application before the JJB seeking the extension of his remand at the observation home for another 14 days," a Pune crime branch official said.
The JJB had granted bail to the teenager, son of a real estate developer, a few hours after the incident and asked him to write a 300-word essay on road safety.
Following severe criticism, the police again approached the JJB, which modified the order and sent the accused juvenile to the observation home till June 5.
The police have already arrested the juvenile's father, mother, two doctors and another staffer of the state-run Sassoon General Hospital for the alleged swapping of blood samples of the juvenile with those of his mother.
The juvenile's grandfather has also been arrested in a case pertaining to the incident.
The police on Tuesday arrested two more persons for allegedly acting as middlemen and facilitating financial transactions between the accused doctors and the juvenile's father.
(with PTI inputs)
