Juvenile's Blood Sample Swapped in Pune Porsche Crash

In Pune, police uncovered that blood samples from a juvenile driver involved in a Porsche car crash were replaced with another person's, showing no traces of alcohol. Two doctors from the state-run Sassoon General Hospital were arrested for their role in the tampering.

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