Opposition slams govt on crash involving car owned by BJP leader's son; driver gets bail post-arrest

The Opposition slammed Maharashtra government on crash involving car owned by BJP leader Chandrashekhar Bawankules son as the driver arrested in the matter got bail on Tuesday reported the PTIThe accident snowballed into a major controversy ahead of the assembly polls with the opposition accusing the Mahayuti government in which the BJP is a constituent of trying to save the senior politicians kin by blaming the driver for the accidentAccording to the PTI the Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena UBT MP Sanjay Raut attacked Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over the accident saying he was not fit to head the home departmentSpeaking to reporters in Mumbai Raut claimed Sanket Bawankule was at the wheel and sought to know why his name was not included in the first information report FIRAccording to our information the son of Chandrashekhar Bawankule was allegedly drunk His car crashed into six other cars injuring four persons two of whom are fighting for their lives in a hospital in Nagpur Raut claimedThe Shiv Sena UBT leader alleged attempts were made to whitewash the caseBawankules son hit his car twice into other vehicles but the CCTV footage was removed as usual If the car is registered in the name of either BJP state president Bawankule or his son why was the number plate removed The prince Bawankules son was driving the car But when the accident took place it was shown that the driver another person was at the wheel It is an attempt to whitewash the case Raut claimed as per the PTIMeanwhile Congress MLA Vijay Wadettiwar the Leader of Opposition in the assembly demanded an impartial probe in the case He said BJP leaders were high on power and moneyVijay Wadettiwar said that a new precedent is being set in Maharashtra where the owner of the car will kill people and blame it on the driver and make him a scapegoatIt is said the car was racing at 150 kmph Fortunately no one was killed in the accident It has become clear Bawankules son drove the vehicle at a high speed which led to the accident the Congress leader alleged the news agency reported on TuesdayVijay Wadettiwar claimed police destroyed evidence to absolve Chandrashekhar Bawankules son of alcohol consumptionIt has also become clear that police have tried to save the accused he saidThere should be a thorough probe including scrutiny of the CCTV footage of the restaurant that Sanket Bawankule and his friends visited before the accident demanded WadettiwarHitting back at the opposition Fadnavis a senior BJP leader said it was not right to politicise the matter simply to target his party colleague Chandrashekhar BawankuleDevendra Fadnavis said the police are probing the case and have also registered an FIRAll the facts have been brought out by the police It is not right to do politics just to target Bawankule the deputy chief minister addedElsewhere BJP leader Raosaheb Danve said the culprit in the incident will face action and law will take its course in the matter the PTI reportedWhoever is the culprit in this case he will face action and punishment as per law It is true that the car involved in the Nagpur accident is registered in the name of Sanket Bawankule and he was in that car Let the law take its own course said the former Union ministerThe police arrested the driver of a luxury car owned by Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankules son Sanket after it rammed into multiple vehicles in Nagpur an official said on Tuesday as the ruling coalition faced attack over the crash from the opposition which sought an impartial probeThe Audi car which hit several vehicles in the Ramdaspeth area in the early hours of Monday had five occupants including Sanket Bawankule who was not at the wheel at the time of the crash which left two persons injured according to policeThe person driving the highend car Arjun Hawre was arrested on Monday night and later released on bail at the local police station a senior police official told PTIAfter the accident a case of rash driving and other offences were registered on a complaint of Jitendra Sonkamble whose vehicle was hit by the Audi car he saidThe occupants of the Audi car were returning from a beer bar in Dharampeth when the crash took place the official said adding medical examination of the occupants will include blood tests for alcohol detection according to the PTIWe are checking CCTV footage to know the chain of events after which further action on all aspects including other occupants will follow he saidAfter the accident Hawre and one more occupant Ronit Chittamwar were apprehended by policeChandrashekhar Bawankule a former state minister has admitted the Audi car was registered in the name of his son SanketPolice should conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into the accident without any bias Those found guilty should be charged and appropriate action should be taken against them I have not spoken to any police official The law must be equal for all the senior BJP leader insistedwith PTI 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