Porsche case: NCP MLA Sunil Tingre's role under Pune police scanner, CM Shinde breaks silence — 5 points

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Hindustan Times reported. Ajay Taware was among Sassoon hospital employees who were arrested by the police on Monday for allegedly "manipulating" the blood samples of the minor accused in the Porsche accident case.Dr Ajay Taware, head of the state-run hospital's forensic medicine department, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Shrihari Halnor and staff member Atul Ghatkamble were arrested for allegedly throwing away the minor's blood samples, taken after the accident on May 19.They allegedly replaced the sample with the samples of another person's blood which had no traces of alcohol.

According to police, the 17-year-old accused had rammed his Porsche car into a motorbike on May 19 under the influence of alcohol. He reportedly visited two pubs before the incident that took place in Pune's Kalyani Nagar area.1. Recommendation letter from Tingre: In the letter dated December 26, 2023, MLA Tingre said he knew Dr Taware who had worked as superintendent and discharged his duties well during the COVID-19 pandemic."I request you to kindly consider giving the additional charge of medical superintendent to Taware," news agency PTI reported while citing the letter.

A handwritten note from Mushrif instructing the dean of the Sassoon hospital to grant Dr Taware the extra charge was also included in the letter.Reacting to the letter, Tingre said many people approach him for recommendation letters as he's an MLA, and such letters issued by him always include a note that action should be taken according to the rules.2. Tingre, under police scanner, reacts: A police officer said on Monday, “We have come across call records and WhatsApp messages to the doctors and that is being probed."When asked whether the lawmaker had contacted the Sassoon