'DNA evidence proves blood sample swap in Porsche case'
PUNE, June 28 -- The prosecution in the Porsche crash case on Friday asserted that it has conclusive DNA evidence proving a deliberate swap of the juvenile's blood sample with that of his mother, as it began its arguments on framing charges against the 10 accused.
In the early hours of May 19 last year, IT professionals Anish Awadhiya and his friend Ashwini Costa were killed in Kalyani Nagar after their motorcycle was hit by a Porsche car allegedly driven by a juvenile in an inebriated condition.
Police unearthed attempts at a massive cover-up, including replacing the blood samples of the juvenile with that of his mother to negate alcohol tests.
The juvenile's father and mother, along with Sassoon Hospital doctors Ajay Taware and Shrihari Halnor, hospital staffer Atul Ghatkamble, middlemen Ashpaque Makandar and Amar Gaikwad, and individuals Aditya Avinash Sood, Ashish Mittal, and Arun Kumar Singh are the 10 accused in the case. While the juvenile's mother is out on bail, the remaining nine are in jail.
Special public prosecutor Shishir Hiray, in his submission before the court, stated that sufficient material evidence had been gathered to justify framing charges against all ten individuals. He urged the court to proceed against the accused both jointly and individually under all relevant legal provisions citing their collective involvement in the conspiracy.
Hiray alleged that the accused tampered with evidence to mislead the judiciary, claiming that the conspiracy aimed to shield the inebriated juvenile driver and his co-passengers from legal consequences. "Fabricated evidence was used, and fraud was committed on the judiciary," he argued. The prosecution claimed to have collected witness statements as well as scientific and technical evidence supporting the claim of a coordinated cover-up. "We have traced the money exchanged during the blood sample swap and have conclusive DNA evidence showing that the juvenile's blood sample was replaced with his mother's," Hiray told the court.
He further said that the blood samples of one co-passenger were replaced with his father's, while another's was substituted with that of a third individual....
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