Overview
- A Pune court on Monday sent Pratap Daingade, 49, to police custody until December 3 after a crash outside Toit restaurant in Kalyani Nagar killed valet assistant Satyendra Mandal, 30.
- Investigators told the magistrate they are examining CCTV, seizing the accused’s phone and conducting toxicology to verify intoxication levels and the exact sequence.
- An FIR cites culpable homicide not amounting to murder under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant Motor Vehicles Act offences.
- Police said a preliminary medical examination indicated alcohol in Daingade’s system, and staff reported he was escorted out and offered a cab before he got into his car.
- According to police, the vehicle reversed at speed and then surged forward into the valet counter around 3 pm on Sunday, renewing local concern over drink-driving in Pune’s nightlife zones.