Kumar said their investigation into the Pune Porsche case revealed Dr Harnol collected the minor’s blood samples and threw them in a dustbin at the Sassoon hospital. Then as a part of the criminal conspiracy involving Dr Tawre, the blood sample of another person was taken and sent to the forensic lab with the minor’s name on it, added Kumar.

The police commissioner said both doctors were arrested early in the morning and charged under sections 120 b (criminal conspiracy), 467 (forgery), 201 (destruction of evidence), 213 (taking gift or something else to screen an offender from punishment), and 214 (offering gift or restoration of property to screen an offender) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

After Aneesh Awadhiya and Ashwini Koshta were killed in the Pune Porsche crash at Kalyani Nagar junction early on May 19, the First Information Report (FIR) against the minor was lodged around 8 am at the Yerwada police station. The boy then was taken to Sassoon Hospital for a medical examination where his blood samples were drawn around 11 am.

Police Commissioner Kumar had admitted to a lapse in terms of the time of the collection of first blood samples. However, anticipating the blood sample report would be tampered with, the police took another blood sample of the minor in the evening on the same day (May 19), for DNA sampling.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Kumar said the second blood sample of the minor was sent to another government-run hospital in Aundh as a preventive measure.

“The purpose of the second sample was to match DNA in both blood reports. The probe revealed that the DNA in the blood report of the minor received from Aundh Hospital did not match the first blood report at Sassoon Hospital. Meanwhile, the blood samples of the minor’s father were also taken following his arrest. The probe confirmed that the DNA in the minor’s blood report from Aundh Hospital matched the DNA of his father’s blood report from Sassoon Hospital. The investigation confirmed that the minor’s blood sample was replaced with the blood of another person at the Sassoon Hospital,” said Kumar.

“The probe is on to find out whose blood sample was sent to the forensic lab in the minor’s name. We have seized the CCTV videos from the Sassoon Hospital. A thorough investigation is on. There is sufficient technical evidence against the accused persons,” he said.

The police will produce the two doctors before a court in the afternoon to seek their custody for further investigation. The police commissioner said it was prima facie known that the minor’s father, who is a top realtor from Pune, was in touch with Dr Taware.

No liquor traces found in minor’s second blood sample

As it was taken about 20 hours after the Pune Porsche crash case, Kumar also said no liquor presence was traced in the minor’s blood sample sent to Aundh hospital. “The purpose of this second blood sample was DNA matching,” he said.

Kumar reiterated the blood report on liquor consumption of the minor does not matter, saying their case is that he “was in full senses” while committing the offence. “Our case is not limited to negligence as per Section 304 (a) of the IPC, for which a blood report was required. Our case under Section 304 (culpable homicide) is that the minor had full knowledge that his act of consuming liquor and then driving the car at high speed could kill people”.

The police have also said they have evidence, including CCTV footage and bills from two restaurants where he had been allegedly drinking with his friends before the accident, the minor boy consumed alcohol.