Ajit Pawar, 2 NCP leaders face 'interference' allegations Pune porsche accident case
Ajit Pawar, one MLA and one state minister from his faction of the NCP are under fire over allegations that they «interfered» with the police case against the drunk minor son of a Pune builder who killed two people with his car on May 19.
Ajit Pawar is alleged to have made a call to the Pune Police Commissioner to go «soft» on the minor son of Vishal Agarwal after his arrest for running his car over two people, killing them on the spot. Responding to the allegations, Ajit Pawar, who is also the Guardian Minister of Pune, did not deny making the call to the police commissioner but claimed that it was only to ensure that the police did not succumb to pressure as the son of a «rich person» was involved.
«If any such incident happens and if you are the guardian minister, then one would call up the police commissioner. So, I told him (Pune Police commissioner) to not succumb to any pressure as a rich person's family was involved. There was a possibility of different kinds of pressure on police,» said Pawar.
Incidentally, Ajit Pawar's MLA Sunil Tingre has also been accused of landing up at Yerawada police station at 3am after the minor's arrest on May 19 to put pressure on the police to go soft on the minor. Tingre too has admitted going to the police station, but adopted Ajit's stance that he asked the Yerawada police to conduct its investigation without any pressure.
Lok Sabha Elections#Elections With
- All
- Uttar Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Tamil Nadu
- West Bengal
- Bihar
- Karnataka
- Andhra Pradesh
- Telangana
- Kerala
- Madhya Pradesh
