“If You Talk…”: What Porsche Teen’s Grandfather Told Driver After Crash
The grandfather of the 17-year-old, whose late-night drunken drive in a Porsche, left two 24-year-old techies dead in Pune, had told the family driver to take the blame for the accident and threatened him against speaking about the matter to anyone.
In his statement to police, the 42-year-old driver has said that soon after the incident, he received a call from the teen’s grandfather. “He first called me up and shouted at me over the phone. Then, he forcibly took me to their bungalow in their BMW car,” the driver has said. The teen’s father and his grandfather snatched his mobile phone, he has said. The driver was confined to the bungalow. “I was told to take the blame. He told me, ‘If you talk to anyone about this, remember…’,” the driver has said.
The teen’s grandfather has now been arrested under charges of wrongful confinement, kidnapping and criminal intimidation. He was produced in court today and his lawyer said he was in Delhi when the accident took place. He has been remande..