Tingre’s involvement comes under scanner

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA from Pune's Vadgaon Sheri, Sunil Tingre, is facing scrutiny from all corners allegedly for using his influence to alter the investigation into the deaths of two IT professionals who were mowed down by a speeding Porsche driven by the 17year-old son of a prominent builder in the city on May 19.

After the accident took place in Kalyani Nagar, Tingre visited the Yerwada Police Station and is alleged to have exerted pressure on the police. However, he immediately shot down the reports and said he had gone there as a "responsible public representative." Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Tingre wrote, "Even though I have nothing to do with this unfortunate accident, wrong and defamatory information about me is being spread on social media. I ignored it at the beginning but later realised that the opposition was trying to take advantage of it. It is necessary to clarify my detailed position regarding the incident." the "On Sunday around 3am, my workers called to inform me that there was a major accident in my constituency.