The minor was initially granted bail by the Juvenile Justice Board and was later sent to an observation home till June 5.
The Pune city police, which is probing the accident in which two young software engineers were killed when a speeding Porsche car driven by a 17-and-a-half-year-old inebriated minor hit their motorcycle, said a simulation model has been recreated and the accident scenario is being prepared using artificial intelligence tools which will be made available as technical evidence in the court during the trial.
Anish Avadhiya and Ashwini Kushta, engineers working in Pune’s Kalyani Nagar area, died in the Yerawada area on May 19 morning after their motorcycle was hit by a speeding Porsche car driven by the boy. He was later put in an observation home till June 5 by the Juvenile Justice Board.
“We are carefully examining CCTV footage, mobile phone call logs and videos which will be produced as technical evidence in the case,” a senior police officer said. Meanwhile, we have approached some private entities who are helping the investigating agencies in recreation of crime scenes using artificial intelligence (AI) tools. We ask them to prepare a simulation model of the entire accident scenario. We will provide them inputs including CCTV footage of the route, various photographs of the crime scene, some videos from the crime scene and other data related to the incident.
The officer said: “This reconstruction will also include the sequence of events before the accident. AI-based technologies facilitate pattern recognition, scene analysis, enhance the accuracy of crime scene reconstruction and aid in preparing crime simulation models. As per the procedure, a comprehensive model of this form will be prepared and submitted along with technical evidence. Our focus is to build an airtight case with an emphasis on technical evidence.
On Monday, the police arrested two Sassoon doctors – former medical superintendent and current head of the forensic department Dr Ajay Taavi, and emergency medical officer Dr Srihari Halnoor – and one of the hospital mortuary staff, Atul Ghatkamble, on charges of altering forensic samples taken from a minor in exchange for money. Investigations revealed that the samples were dumped in a hospital dustbin. Following their arrest, the police conducted searches at different hideouts of the accused and seized cash worth Rs three lakh – Rs 2.5 lakh from Dr Halnoor and Rs 50 lakh from Ghatkamble, who was implicated by the police in the crime.
“On Tuesday and Wednesday, searches continued at buildings connected to the tower. We are working on leads obtained from these searches. He has not been fully forthcoming in his interrogation and is withholding some key questions,” he said. How much did he get or who promised him and who did he get it from. An officer involved in the investigation said: “The other key aspect is the blood sample with which they replaced the minor’s sample. The police said on Tuesday that the sample has been replaced to tamper with the blood alcohol concentration test was a devious idea to thwart the investigation.
