India, Feb. 11 -- KANPUR Investigation into the high-profile Lamborghini crash took a contentious turn on Tuesday after a driver employed by tobacco baron, KK Mishra, appeared before a court and claimed he was driving the luxury car when it hit an autorickshaw and a stationary motorcycle before climbing on a pavement and striking pedestrians in upscale Gwaltoli area.

The claim was in contradiction to police assertions that CCTV footage, eyewitness accounts and other evidence placed the businessman's son, Shivam Mishra, behind the wheel of the vehicle reportedly worth around Rs.12 crore.

Police commissioner Raghubir Lal confirmed that Shivam Mishra was named as an accused after the FIR, initially registered against an unidentified person...