Pune teenager’s fake rap video goes viral, mother breaks down on camera

A teenager from Pune is said to have killed two people while drunk and driving a Porsche supercar early on Sunday morning

Pune:

The mother of the 17-year-old who allegedly fatally struck two people with his luxury Porsche has asked police to “protect” her son after a video was shared online in which he allegedly brags about how he got away with the accident.

In a video message, the teenager’s mother stressed that the clip had nothing to do with her son and was a fake.

“The video circulating does not show my son. This is a fake video. My son is in the detention camp,” the teenager’s mother says in her message.

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The mother appeals to the police to “protect” her son, breaks into tears and shows her video message. She can no longer control herself and then walks away from the camera.

A rap song in which the teenager allegedly boasts about how he escaped the car accident went viral on social media, but Pune police clarified that it was a fake account and the teenager had no role in the video.

It later turned out that the rap video came from a social media influencer.

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In the early hours of Sunday morning, two software developers on motorcycles were fatally struck by a Porsche in the city. The suspected driver of the 17-year-old, who was drunk at the time according to police, drove into him.

The teenager was produced before the Juvenile Court, which granted him bail and ordered him to write a 300-word essay.

Following an outcry for quick release on bail and police’s request for review, the JJB on Wednesday remanded the teenager, the son of real estate developer Vishal Agarwal, in an observation home till June 5.

Police have also arrested the teenager’s father in connection with the case.

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