Driving License of Repeated Offenders to be Cancelled Permanently in Pune Amid Surge in Hit-and-Run Cases

Pune Porsche Crash update: As per the new policy, if a driver is found under the influence of alcohol, their driving license will be revoked for three months for the first offense.

Mumbai: After the Mumbai BMW hit-and-run case and Pune Porsche car crash, Pune Police decided to take striction action and said it would implement a stringent policy for drink and drive cases which may even lead to permanent cancellation of driving license for repeated offenders.

Check New Policy About Driving License Cancellation

According to the new policy, if a driver is found under the influence of alcohol, their driving license will be revoked for three months for the first offense and if they commit the same offense again, their license will be cancelled for six months. After a third offense, driver’s license will be permanently cancelled.

It should be noted that over 1,684 people in Pune have been booked for drunk driving in the last six months.

Pune Porsche Crash: Here’s What Happened

On May 19, a juvenile was allegedly driving a Porsche car at very high speed in an intoxicated state when the vehicle crashed into a bike, killing two software engineers in Pune’s Kalyani Nagar.

Later, the accused was granted bail the same day by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), which ordered that he be kept under the care and supervision of his parents and grandfather.

Mihir Shah Sent to Police Custody

In the meanwhile, a Mumbai court sent Mihir Shah, the main accused in the Worli hit-and-run case, to police custody till July 16. Mihir Shah was arrested from Virar on Tuesday and was brought to Sewri court in Mumbai on Wednesday. Shah had been absconding after the car he was allegedly driving hit a scooter on Dr Annie Besant Road in Worli on Sunday, July 7.

Fourteen teams were formed by Mumbai police to nab him. Police arrested Rajrishi Singh Bidawat and Mihir’s father, Rajesh Shah, for their alleged involvement in the case.

Following the tragic incident, the deceased woman’s husband, Pradeep Nakhwa, questioned the delay in the arrest of the accused and alleged that he dragged his wife from Ceejay House to Sea Link Road.

“It was due to ‘politics’ and the accused would not be arrested until the Vidhan Sabha session ends,” Nakhwa had claimed. He also alleged that the delay in the arrest was because the accused was the son of a political leader.