Porsche crash case: Cops get Maharashtra govt's nod to prosecute 3 Sassoon Hospital staffers

Pune: The Maharashtra government has permitted the Pune police to prosecute Sassoon Hospital staffers Dr Ajay Taware, Dr Shreehari Halnor and Atul Ghatkamble in the Porsche car crash case here, a local court was informed.

Two IT professionals were killed after the two-wheeler they were riding on was hit by a Porsche car, allegedly driven by a drunk 17-year-old boy, in the early hours of May 19 in the city’s Kalyani Nagar area.

Taware, Halnor and Ghatkamble are accused of being involved in the swapping of the minor’s blood samples to nullify alcohol tests.

“We today (on Thursday) submitted to the court that police have received the state government’s sanction to prosecute Taware, Halnor and Ghatkamble in the case. Such sanction to prosecute or frame charges against government employees is mandatory,” special public prosecutor advocate Shishir Hiray said.

Taware, Halnor, Ghatkamble, the juvenile’s parents and two middlemen are in jail in the case.