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This episode of Postmortem examines the disturbing pattern of high-profile hit-and-run cases in India involving the wealthy and powerful. The narrative details the February 2024 Kanpur Lamborghini crash involving Shivam Mishra, son of a tobacco tycoon, where allegations of driver swapping and police negligence surfaced.
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00:15A gleaming Lamborghini, symbol of untouchable wealth, plows through an e-ricksha, a biker
00:26and pedestrians in Kanpur, triggering injuries, outrage and viral videos.
00:32At the wheel, allegedly Shiva Mishra, young son of tobacco tycoon KK Mishra, whose empire
00:39spans crores in North India's BD trade.
00:43Once again, a VVIP brat went on a rampage and then the law started bending to save him.
00:50Once again, the same age-old plea was submitted by accused.
00:54I wasn't the one behind the wheel.
00:57And once again, a poor man, a driver, was made to claim that he was the one to blame.
01:03It's a standard playbook.
01:05Run someone over with a luxury car and then avoid medical examinations for a few hours and
01:11find a replacement driver.
01:13Hello and welcome to Post Mortem, where we put the spotlight on crimes that shock us but
01:19make us want to know more and more.
01:21It's not just about tycoon sons, it's about political science.
01:27Bollywood celebrities, anyone with money and power, crushing the poor and helpless and then
01:34finding ways to manipulate the legal system.
01:37Let's start with Kanpur Lamborghini crash.
01:40Shiva Mishra did not crash into infamy overnight.
01:46Rewind to the 2020 COVID lockdown.
01:50He battles his black Porsche from Kanpur to Nainital.
01:54Police halt him over illegal tinted windows.
01:58Reports detail a female passenger kicking officers amid Shivam's rage.
02:03The car gets impounded.
02:05Now cut to 2024.
02:06Income tax raids stormed the families' Bansidhar tobacco hubs in Kanpur and in Delhi.
02:14Investigators uncover concealed crores and a fleet of luxury rides, all flaunting Shivam's
02:20lucky VIP plate, 4018.
02:23Replicated at massive cost across vehicles.
02:27Shivam allegedly brandishes a pistol at raiders, later claiming he mistook them for robbers.
02:36And now the latest case.
02:38On February 8th, Shivam's Delhi-registered Lamborghini is caught on CCTV cameras driving
02:45down the VIP road in Kanpur.
02:47Bodyguards trail in a pursuit luxury BMW SUV.
02:52Standard for the tycoon son.
02:54CCTV footage makes it clear that there is only one person in the car.
03:00But who is it?
03:01That's a bit difficult to judge as the windows are tinted.
03:06Witnesses described the supercar swerving and then crashing into bikes and pedestrians.
03:12The crash injured an e-riksha driver Taufik, biker Umesh and pedestrian Ramadhan.
03:18Finally, the Lamborghini slams into a roadside port.
03:45A mob converges instantly.
03:48Viral clips show bouncers hauling a dazed Shivam from their driver's seat, whisking him away,
03:55while the injured still try to wrap their heads around the situation.
03:59In fact, they're caught on camera removing license plates of the car.
04:03Probably in an attempt to buy time before the law barrels down on Shivam Ishtar.
04:08Surprisingly, it almost looks like the bouncers have a standard operating procedure or an SOP in place for ensuring how
04:17to dilute legal cases from get-go.
04:20Finally, Kanpur police arrive, towing the wreckage to their station and raping it discreetly.
04:27But officers pose for selfies beside it, footage that ignites social media scorn.
04:34Meanwhile, the victims receive rudimentary care at hospital and are discharged.
04:40No arrest, no questioning and not even a medical examination to check for intoxicants.
04:47Kanpur police has let crucial evidence collection window lapse.
04:52Finally, one of the victims, Tawfiq, lodges the initial complaint against an unidentified Delhi driver.
05:00Late that night, police file an FIR under BNS sections for rash driving, endangering life and causing grievous hurt.
05:10Penalties capping at under seven years.
05:13Thus, sidestepping immediate arrest.
05:16Authorities seize the Lamborghini at Gualatoli police station.
05:21Digging deeper reveals Shivam Mishra's name.
05:25Videos from every angle start surfacing, clearly establishing Shivam in the middle of this mess.
05:33Feeling the pressure, senior most police officials assure that law will take its own course.
05:57Finally, a probe team descents on the tobacco tycoon KK Mishra's mansion in Swarupnadar.
06:03Gates remain bolted.
06:06Entry is denied to police.
06:08KK Mishra counters police and all the allegations publicly.
06:12He claims that Shivam's in Delhi for a medical emergency.
06:17A seizure triggered the crash.
06:19The family lawyer pulls a rabbit out of the hat.
06:23Shivam, according to them, was not even the one behind the wheel.
06:27They claim a driver named Mohanlal was behind the wheel.
06:31Shivam was just a passenger.
06:33That's 20 minute.
06:36genug injuries are worse than the behavior.
06:54Outrage boils online.
06:56New stories start questioning the Kanpur police and their lackadainer attitude.
07:02Everyone asks, police shielded the elite?
07:05Gualtoli SHO, Santosh Kumar Gaur faces immediate line attachment for prima facie negligence.
07:13Those selfies and a tepid FIR seal his fate as per the commissioner's order.
07:20Shivam's money and power machinery is on an overdrive.
07:24A man named Mohanlal files a surrender application claiming that he was the one driving the car.
07:32But prosecution is ready with a come-down.
08:03And now, the courtroom drama begins.
08:07A man named Mohanlal appears before the additional chief metropolitan magistrate court,
08:12where his counsel moves two applications.
08:15One seeks his surrender and bail based on an affidavit,
08:19while the other requests release of the luxury car reportedly worth 12 crore rupees,
08:25currently in police custody.
08:27Both are ejected.
08:28But defence hammers.
08:30Mohanlal drove and there is no concrete evidence that points to Shivam.
08:36Prosecutors counter with videos and eyewitnesses locking Shivam in the driver's seat.
08:42The judge adjourns, denying immediate relief.
08:45With charges under seven years of jail,
08:49Shivam walked free till the police clapped down on him
08:53with non-cooperation in probe and evasion of law.
08:56Now, the matter will proceed in court and in the police investigations,
09:01but this Lamborghini Sava lays bare India's dark truth.
09:06Tobacco billions buy supercars,
09:09witnesses and even a man to take the blame.
09:13This is not the first time that money in gleaming cars
09:16driven by VVIP brats has trampled law.
09:19This is a story that repeats itself every few years.
09:24The cities change,
09:25the cars change,
09:27the victims change.
09:28One thing remains constant.
09:30The power-drunk, rich brad drivers
09:33and their disdain for rules and life of others.
09:37Another case that caught people's attention and newspaper headlines
09:41was the Pune Porsche crash.
09:44A drunk miner crashed his carelessly driven car through innocent lives.
09:52Now, picture this scene.
09:54May 19th, 2024.
09:56It is 2.30am on a quiet Sunday
10:00in Pune's upscale Kalyani Nagar.
10:02A sleek, unregistered Porsche Taycan
10:05worth 2.5 crore rupees
10:09gleams under night sky.
10:11At the wheel sits a 17-year-old rich boy
10:15with glassy eyes from back-to-back shorts at two pups.
10:19He is celebrating his class 12th results.
10:22His speed surges past 200 kilometers per hour.
10:26His path crosses two innocent lives.
10:30Now, let's slow down a bit.
10:32Let me apply my brakes
10:33and first tell you about the VVIP brat
10:36and how he ended up behind the wheel.
10:39Vedant Agarwal,
10:41son of real estate developer,
10:43Vishal Agarwal.
10:44Hits two pups with friends and a family driver.
10:48Shots flow freely.
10:50Around 2am,
10:51the group cramps into his father's Porsche Taycan.
10:55Turbo S, it has no license plates.
10:59Vedant seizes the wheel,
11:01clearly drunk.
11:02His friends later confess to the police
11:04that he was heavily intoxicated.
11:09It's 2.30am at Kalyani Nagar Junction.
11:12The Porsche screams through the streets
11:15at 110 to 200 kilometers per hour
11:19according to varying witness accounts.
11:22The post-crash checks confirm
11:24that the brakes were working perfectly fine.
11:28Anish Avadiya, a 24-year-old IT engineer from Madhya Pradesh,
11:33rides his Pulser bike with his friend, Ashwini Koshta,
11:37also 24-year-old.
11:39They carry a simple dream of a future together.
11:42The Porsche slams their bike without mercy.
11:47Anish skids headfirst into a parked Swift car.
11:51Ashwini flies five meters through the air
11:54before her head smashes onto the pavement.
11:57Blood pools around her body
11:59and she dies instantly.
12:01Anish clings to life
12:03but succumbs in the hospital.
12:09Eyewitness Vithiljadav, a restaurant worker,
12:12spots four people in the Porsche.
12:14He identifies the black t-shirted boy
12:17at the wheel.
12:19An angry mob drags Vedant out
12:22and beats him severely.
12:24Police rush him, scatter the crowd
12:26and haul him to Yaravada station amid total chaos.
12:31Charges hit hard.
12:33Police file an FIR under IPC sections 304A
12:37for negligent death,
12:39304 for homicide, not amounting to murder,
12:42337 and 338 for endangering life,
12:45427 for property damage,
12:48plus Motor Vehicle Act violations
12:50for drunk driving by a minor.
12:55Dawn breaks, but with deception.
12:59Police rush a reeking Vedant
13:01to Sassoon General Hospital
13:02for a mandatory blood test.
13:05He reeked of alcohol
13:06and could barely stand as per witnesses.
13:09Samples were drawn around 11 in the morning
13:12on May 19th in a CCTV blind mortuary area.
13:16A red flag.
13:17Trainee doctors used tricotin swabs
13:20instead of alcohol-dipped ones
13:23to avoid contamination on instructions.
13:26But then, corruption unfolded.
13:29Vedant's high-alcohol sample
13:31was discarded in a dustbin.
13:33It got replaced with his mother,
13:35Shivani Agarwal's blood,
13:37alcohol-free and matching blood group.
13:44Forensic head, Dr. Ajay Tavade,
13:46Dr. Shrihari Halnaur
13:48and pion Atul Ghatkamble
13:50executed it.
13:52Pune CP Amitesh Kumar
13:54ordered a parallel test
13:56at Aundh District Hospital.
13:58After the 11 a.m. Sassoon sample,
14:01police discreetly
14:02transport Vedant to Aundh
14:04for a backup draw.
14:06Intent?
14:07Cross-verify alcohol levels
14:09without alerting suspects.
14:11But the intel leaks.
14:13Vedant's parents and middlemen
14:15learn via contacts
14:17at Giravada police station
14:18where Vedant was originally held.
14:20They rush to Aundh,
14:22plotting a repeat swap.
14:24The trio corners hospital staff,
14:27pressuring them to replace
14:28Vedant's sample with a clean one,
14:31likely family members.
14:32They offer bribes,
14:34leveraging influence.
14:36Doctors refuse outright.
14:39No cooperation,
14:40turning them away.
14:43And then, on May 19th morning,
14:46shocking news leaves everyone
14:49gasping at the blatant use
14:50of money and power.
14:52The juvenile justice board
14:54grants Vedant instant bail.
14:57His only conditions?
14:58Write a 300-word essay
15:00on road safety
15:01and visit a library.
15:04Public outrage
15:05explodes across Pune.
15:07Protests shut down streets.
15:09The victims' families
15:10more openly.
15:15VVIP Bryant's father,
15:17Vishal Agarwal,
15:18faces arrests,
15:19days later,
15:20for allegedly kidnapping
15:22the family driver
15:23to keep him quiet.
15:24Whispers of influence
15:26grow louder.
15:30As days go by,
15:32the cover-up unravels.
15:34Swapped samples.
15:36Shamed system.
15:38Vedant's two friends
15:39crack under questioning.
15:40They confirm
15:41he drove drunk
15:42at 200 km per hour.
15:45Vedant's mother
15:46lands in jail
15:47for conspiring
15:48on the blood swab.
15:50Cops and doctors
15:51get napped
15:52in a 3-lack bribery ring
15:54to falsify samples.
15:57On May 24,
15:58the session's court
15:59yanks Vedant's pay.
16:01The judge rules
16:02this is murder,
16:04not mere accident.
16:10Months of twists
16:11continue as courts debate.
16:13Try Vedant as adult
16:15or minor?
16:16Juvenile Justice Board
16:17says no
16:18in July 2025.
16:20The Supreme Court
16:22steps in
16:23by February 2026.
16:25It grants bail
16:26to tampering accused
16:27but slams
16:29parenting failure
16:30and notes Vedant's
16:3118-month detention.
16:33As of February 11,
16:352026,
16:36the Pune-Porsha
16:37crash case
16:38remains unresolved
16:39at trial stage
16:41mired in appeals,
16:43bails
16:43and procedural delays.
16:45And now,
16:46the most famous
16:47hit-and-run case
16:48from September 28,
16:502002.
16:51Bollywood superstar
16:53Salman Khan's
16:54white Toyota
16:55land cruiser
16:56plows through
16:57five homeless sleepers
16:58on a pavement.
16:59One dead,
17:01four maimed.
17:02Salman Khan flees.
17:03What follows?
17:04Two decades of twists,
17:06a key witness destroyed,
17:09a driver taking blame
17:10and ultimate acquittal.
17:12Was justice served
17:14or star power triumphed?
17:16We trace this
17:18infamous timeline.
17:23On September 28,
17:252002,
17:26around midnight,
17:27Salman Khan,
17:28post-Ganpati celebrations,
17:30is in his SUV
17:32moving at a high speed.
17:34His SUV suddenly
17:36veered into the pavement
17:38and runs over
17:39five people
17:40sleeping over there.
17:42Nurullah Sharif
17:43dies instantly.
17:44His skull split.
17:46The four survivors,
17:47all poor labourers,
17:49suffered crushed legs
17:50and permanent disabilities.
17:52Salman Khan
17:53emerges from
17:54the driver's side.
17:55Claims,
17:56passenger's side door
17:57was jammed.
17:58His bodyguard,
18:00Constable Ravindra Patil,
18:01files an FIR.
18:02Says,
18:03Salman drove drunk
18:04and ignored my warnings.
18:06Salman vanishes,
18:08cops hunt.
18:09But then,
18:10Salman Khan surrenders
18:11the next day.
18:12Only to have the police
18:14stumble like buffoons.
18:19Breath analyser skipped,
18:21blood is drawn
18:22hours late.
18:23Charges are finally filed.
18:25Culpable homicide
18:27not amounting to murder.
18:31A year later,
18:33in October 2003,
18:35Bombay High Court
18:36drops the homicide charge,
18:38downgrades it
18:39to rash driving.
18:40Why?
18:41Constable Patil's testimony
18:43is declared
18:44unreliable by the court.
18:45Patil,
18:46a young Satara policeman
18:48guarding Salman Khan
18:49against underworld threats,
18:51became the star witness.
18:53He initially omitted alcohol,
18:55but added on October 1st
18:57that Salman was intoxicated.
19:00Patil missed
19:00five court hearings.
19:03Courts issued
19:04a non-available warrant.
19:06Police suspended
19:07and fired him.
19:08His wife divorced him.
19:10Parents disowned him
19:12amid alleged pressure
19:13to flip.
19:14By 2007,
19:16tuberculosis
19:16reduced him
19:17to a 30 kg
19:19skeleton
19:20on Mumbai streets.
19:21He died on October 4th,
19:23aged 30,
19:24pleading,
19:25I stood by truth,
19:26but department
19:27failed me.
19:31Questions world.
19:33Silence by threats?
19:34Underworld hit?
19:35On May 6th, 2015,
19:38the Bombay Sessions Court
19:39convicted Salman Khan
19:41of drunk
19:41and rash driving.
19:43The judge
19:44sentenced him
19:45to five years in prison.
19:46The Bombay High Court
19:48granted immediate bail
19:50and suspended
19:51the sentence
19:51pending appeal.
19:53In December 2015,
19:55the court delivered
19:56a bombshell acquittal,
19:58ruling
19:59there was no evidence
20:00that Salman Khan
20:01drove the vacay.
20:03Salman's driver,
20:04Ashok Singh,
20:05had remained silent
20:07until this point.
20:08After 13 years of silence,
20:11driver Ashok Singh
20:12confessed
20:12that he was behind
20:14the wheel that night.
20:15he claimed
20:16the Toyota Land Cruiser
20:18skidded
20:18due to a tyre burst.
20:20Ashok had worked
20:21loyally for the Khan family
20:23since 1989
20:24and online,
20:25he earned praise
20:26as a
20:27wafadari ki misal.
20:29Speculation swirled
20:30that he was
20:31bribed to take the blame.
20:33While the trial court
20:35rejected this,
20:36the High Court
20:37noted the prosecution
20:38could not disprove it.
20:40In July 2016,
20:42the Maharashtra government
20:43challenged the acquittal
20:44in the Supreme Court.
20:45The case remains pending.
20:4823 years on,
20:50one dead,
20:51four lives ruined,
20:52witness gone,
20:54driver discredited.
20:55Who drove?
20:56This remains
20:57Mumbai's enduring mystery.
21:00Salman Khan is free,
21:01so in a way,
21:03the case is closed.
21:07These are just a few cases.
21:09India's attitude
21:11towards road safety
21:12is appalling.
21:13Drinking and driving,
21:15joy rides in luxury cars,
21:17it may be termed accident
21:19or not amounting to murder
21:21in our laws.
21:22But when you get drunk
21:24and get behind the wheel,
21:26you know you can cause
21:27someone's death.
21:28You know that the car
21:30has become a potential
21:32murder weapon in your hands.
21:34So drive safe
21:35and respect law and lives.
21:37It's time for a short break now.
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