Pune car crash: Panel probing blood sample manipulation visits Sassoon hospital
A three-member committee probing into alleged manipulation of the blood samples of the juvenile driver involved in the Pune car crash visited the Sassoon General Hospital in Pune on Tuesday, reported PTI. On Monday, the police arrested Dr Ajay Taware, head of the state-run hospital`s forensic medicine department, chief medical officer Dr Shrihari Halnor and staff member Atul Ghatkamble in connection with the incident. “We will examine the sequence of events after the accident. The probe will be conducted as per the rules and a report will be submitted to the government,” said Dr Pallavi Sapale, dean of the Grant Medical College and J J group of hospitals who is heading the panel. The car crash claimed the lives of two IT professionals in their 20s as their motorcycle was hit by a speeding Porsche, allegedly driven by a 17-year-old, in the early hours of May 19 in Kalyani Nagar area in Pune. According to police, the teenager was drunk at the time. As per the PTI report, on Monday, police claimed that his blood …