Pune Porsche accident: 'Why not ask truck and bus drivers to write essay': Rahul Gandhi to PM Modi

Reacting to recent accident in Pune which killed two, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is creating two Indias, where even justice is dependent on wealth.

"If bus, truck drivers, Uber, auto drivers accidentally kill someone, they are punished with 10 years of imprisonment. But if a 16-17 year old son of a rich family drives a Porsche and kills two people, he is asked to write an essay. Why don't you ask truck or a bus driver to write essay?" said Rahul Gandhi in a video on social media platform X.



Pune car crash case:
On Tuesday, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis expressed dismay over Juvenile Justice Board's decision to adopt a lenient stance regarding the Pune car accident. In the incident, a minor boy driving a high-speed luxury vehicle fatally struck two IT professionals riding a motorbike.

Amid an outrage over the accident, Fadnavis, who holds the home portfolio, made a surprise visit to the Pune Police commissionerate to review the case.

After the crash, the accused teenager was produced before the Juvenile Justice Board which granted him bail hours later. "The CCL (Child in Conflict with Law) will write an essay of 300 words on the topic of road accidents and their solutions," the official order of JJ board said.

"The order passed by the JJ Board was shocking and surprising as it had taken a very lenient view of such a heinous crime. The Pune police had petitioned the board to allow them to treat the teenager as an adult as his age is 17 years and eight months. But the board kept the application aside by categorising it as 'seen and filed' and released him on bail which led to public outrage," said Fadnavis.

The accused juvenile along with his friends went to two hotels between 9.30 pm and 1 am and allegedly consumed liquor, according to police. The CCTV footage of one of the hotels clearly shows the juvenile was consuming alcohol, police commissioner Kumar earlier said. The two IT professionals (both aged 24) killed in the crash were identified as Anis Awadhiya and Ashwini Costa, hailing from Madhya Pradesh.

(with agency inputs)