recently in India two young it Engineers who had promising careers ahead of them tragically died in a crash involving a luxury Porsche tyon but what happened next is even more shocking the driver was a 17-year-old who was drunk and driving recklessly and his punishment just a 300-word essay thanks to his powerful family connections let's explore the chilling details and controversy surrounding punez a Porsche crash [Music] case on the night of May 18th 2014 24 year-olds ashwien Costa and Anish aadia headed to the Balor Club in Kalani nagar to party with friends meanwhile at 10:40 p.m. that same night a 17-year-old named vendant and his 12 friends gathered at cozy Pub in Munda to celebrate Von's 12th grade results the party lasted until midnight when the pub stopped serving alcohol and they left at 1210 a.m. but they were undeterred so they went to another club named the black Club despite being underage they managed to get alcohol until 2: a.m. both places serve them despite the legal drinking agent Maharashtra being 25 when they left the black Club they were heavily intoxicated vendant without a license insisted on driving as Porsche tyon despite concerns from the driver Von's family told the driver to let vendon drive around 2 2:30 a.m. Anish and asheni were on a motorcycle returning home as they made a uturn on Kalani nagar Airport Road vendant speeding Porsche collided with the motorcycle eyewitnesses described a severe impact Ashen was thrown 20 ft into the air while Anish was flung into a parked car both died instantly reports estimate the car's speed was between 160 and 200 kmph and the driver was heavily drunk the Porsche also hit another vehicle and crashed into a roadside railing bystanders rushed to the scene and pulled vendant from the car he faced intense questioning from the crowd and was handed over to the police the crash video went viral on social media vendant was taken to the yada police station anisha's family received the news when one of his friends called his brother Dees the bodies of Anish and asheni were taken to the Sasson Hospital Mortuary by 8:26 a.m. on May 19th an firir was filed against fendant based on a complaint by akib mola a friend of the deceased shortly after the accident local MLA Sunil tingre and his personal assistant received over 30 calls from the teen's father between 2:30 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. tinr who represented the vadon Sher assembly constituency in Pune arrived at the guada police station around 3:00 a.m. the reason for his visit remained unclear when he didn't respond the father went to Ting's house and later joined him at the police station where the teen was being held during this time they ordered a burger and a coke for the boy for some reason the inspectors did not communicate the accident's severity to their superiors and applied relatively mild sections of the Indian Penal Code against the juvenile under media scrutiny tingre defended his actions saying he went to the police station as responsible public representative because he had known the family for 30 years he denied influencing the investigation or charges against the minor and insisted he hadn't contacted any police officer or a politician to weaken the case soon after a group of crime reporters gathered outside the yata police station they noticed the involved Vehicles parked outside along with two Mercedes-Benz cars curious the reporters took photos and moved toward the main entrance suddenly they saw a man in a safari suit coming out of one of the Mercedes cars carrying several pizza boxes spotting the reporters he quickly changed Direction and headed to the back entrance inside a teenager was sitting in assistant Commissioner of police Ry bod's chair the man handed him the pizza and the Teen began eating nonchalantly the family even requested private cars to transport the minor to the Juvenile Justice board instead of police vehicles which was later rejected so who is this teenager and how influential is his family to eat food sitting in an officer's chair instead of being interrogated for killing two innocent people vendant comes from a very wealthy family his father Vishal Agarwal owns Brahma realy and infrastructure a prominent real estate firm in Pune after a division of the family business venant's grandfather and father retained the commercial and residential real estate division valued at 600 CR rupees which is around $73 million in March 2012 their privately held company went public they have developed 350 acres of land provided homes for over 15,000 families and built a grand hotel along with a Resort and Club in mahabaleswar the teen was persistently questioned but he initially remained silent a few days later he admitted to being drunk during the accident claiming he had no memory of it he was questioned for over an hour from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the presence of his mother initially the case was filed under death by negligence implying someone died due to the accused mistake with a maximum punishment of 2 years imprisonment but after reviewing CCTV footage showing high-speed driving and alcohol consumption charges were upgraded to culpable homicide vendant car didn't even have a number plate and was driven on Pune Road for 2 months without proper registration then police started arguing that the boy was not driving under the influence the boy was taken to Sasson General Hospital around 9:00 a.m. for a blood test and the blood sample was collected around 11:00 a.m. which was over 8 hours after the accident the blood test came back negative the maharastra medical education department appointed a three- member committee to investigate irregularities in the teens's medical examination and shockingly it was found that the blood samples of the minor were switched with those of another person who had not consumed alcohol the teen's original blood sample was discarded in a dust bin a second blood test at a different hospital along with DNA analysis confirmed the samples were from two different people doctors at cisson hospital had tampered with evidence to protect the teen the doctor in charge and the teen's father exchanged numerous phone calls and the hospital morg staffer accepted bribes from the family Dr AJ tawari and Dr sari hanor from the hospital were arrested on May 27th for tampering with evidence the punee police also arrested the Minor's mother for providing her blood sample instead of her sons she claimed ignorance about why the doctors instructed her to do so the miner's family also tried to bribe their driver to take the blame for the crash in return for cash initially he agreed but the police knew he wasn't driving and charged the minor instead then the family kidnapped the driver confiscated his phone and confined him in their Bungalow they turned away his worried wife the next day and promised her rewards if she convinced her husband to take the blame he was held captive for 2 days until his wife and relatives rescued him the 77-year-old patriarch Surendra Agarwal was accused of bribing and threatening the driver to take the blame the police found previous FS against him for cheating attempted murder and criminal threats given his background the police provided the driver with round thee clock protection on the afternoon of May 19th the ER faced the Pune Juvenile Justice board the Pune police requested to try him as an adult and place him in a remand home the board with only one non-judicial member projected both appeals and granted the minor bail within 15 hours of his detention under specific conditions the conditions required the minor to study rules and regulations write a 300-word essay on the effects of Road accidents and undergo counseling and consultations the police filed review application to challenge the bail vendant a privileged teen with a wealthy family and a porette 17 seemingly has it all and due to Legal Concepts like doen capx which recognizes that children below a certain age cannot be fully responsible for crimes boys like him often escape the full consequences of their actions using their advantages to slip through the cracks of Justice Anish aadia and ashini Costa's dreams were Shattered by their tragic deaths originally from jabal po they both worked at an IT company in Pune Anish as a business analyst and aween as an IT analyst anisha's maternal Uncle expressed dissatisfaction with the police feeling they were more focused on protecting the minor involved the police intimidated and interrogated the couples's friends focusing more on the relationship between aswe and Anish than on the actual investigation in jabal po ashen's mother mamata is in shock mourning her daughter instead of celebrating her wedding which was supposed to take place in the near future aween talented and full of Dreams left a void in her family her brother s prit remembered her as a bright and independent woman who excelled in everything things she pursued she had plans to celebrate their father's birthday and organize his retirement party next month and Savita aadia 150 km away struggled with questions about her son overwhelmed with grief she lamented his loss and shared his aspirations to pursue an MBA and his Lively friendly nature Anish had recently visited for an anniversary celebration and planned to return soon promising his mother a gift his father aadia described him as a responsible son who took care of family responsibilities and stayed with his younger brother and Pune for support the victim's families appealed to the Maharashtra government for justice and demanded a supreme court monitored probe and trial deeply dissatisfied with the handling of the case they demanded that he be tried as an adult due to the severity of the crime and they also criticized the bail granted to the teen driver categorizing the incident as murder not an accident the news spread rapidly across the country a drunk driving incident resulting in two deaths and a 300w essay punishment in response to the lenient bail granted to the minor the Congress youth Wing organized an essay competition near the accident spot over 100 participants wrote on topics like ill effect of alcohol and is this Administration sleeping and the entries were sent to the home minister and Pune Commissioner of police citizens Express their disbelief and anger on social media as details of the case surfaced protests erupted in Kalani nagar a solemn Candlelite vigil was held at the scene of the tragedy on May 19th locals demanded action and urged the police to crack down on Late Night pubs and clubs that contribute to such incidents so on May 22nd the Juvenile Justice board modified its order cancelling the Minor's bail and sending him to an observation home until June 5th 2024 the decision on whether he can be tried as an adult is still pending as public outcry intensified the Puna police took decisive action on May 20th by filing a second fi against the father and for us other s fishal Agarwal faced multiple charges including child neglect and exposing a child to harm under the Juvenile Justice act allowing his underage son to drive under the motor vehicles act forgery conspiracy destruction of evidence and cheating the government owners and managers of two pubs where the minor consumed alcohol were also charged under the Juvenile Justice act in court the judge criticized the pubs for serving excessive alcohol highlighting the Need For Change on May 24th six suspects including the Minor's father his accompli and Personnel from two restaurants were granted 3 days police custody a special Court extended judicial custody for the father and five others until June 7th Puna collector suas diasi ordered the immediate closure of cozy and black pubs and the officials promptly seal the pubs the state congress Chief highlighted the broader issue of illegal pubs in Pune and napur following the luxury car accident authorities demolished 36 illegal pubs in Puna however similar incidents occurred in nagpur and gelon where wealthy individuals driving drunk caused fatalities and received lenient punishment Asim Zodi a lawyer involved in the case stated that without the public out cry the authorities might have swept the case under the rug the community's outcry and these actions indicate a systemic issue with the operation of such establishments and the leniency often shown to affluent offenders the pun Porsche crash really highlights the dangers of letting miners drive and the ugly side of privilege well there's a lot of worry that the teen might get off easy because of his family's wealth and connections for two families in Madia Pradesh this case means endless pain and heartbreak far beyond any legal debates or social issues it exposes the Dee rooted corruption that often lets the rich Escape Justice showing how badly we need systemic change to ensure accountability and fairness for everyone our heartfelt condolences go out to the families of Anish aadia and Ashwini Costa their tragic loss should remind us all of the importance of justice and protecting everyone no matter their background that's all for today thanks for watching [Music]