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WCD Department Commissioner Prashant Naranvare told the media that I had given the report of the inquiry panel to the state government and recommended that the appointment of both the members be terminated.
The government has taken major action in the Pune Porsche hit and run case in Maharashtra. Two members of the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), which had granted bail to the juvenile accused in the Pune Porsche crash case with lenient conditions, have been sacked. The two members were identified as L N Danawade and Kavita Thorat, against whom a complaint was filed by the Women and Child Development Department. The strict action by the state authorities comes after a committee led by the WCD department (which was probing the conduct of two members in connection with the bail granted to the minor accused) cited “procedural lapses” by the members.
WCD Department Commissioner Prashant Naranvare told the media that I had given the report of the inquiry panel to the state government and recommended that the appointment of both the members be terminated. He said the report recommending the dismissal was sent to the state government in July. The state government on Tuesday terminated the appointment of both the members after they were found guilty of misusing their powers provided under the Juvenile Justice Act.
The Pune Porsche case pertains to the May 19 incident, when two IT professionals were killed in Pune’s Kalyani Nagar area when their motorcycle was hit by a speeding Porsche, allegedly driven by a drunk 17-year-old boy. Was driving drunk.
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