Overview

• Pune Police have formally registered an FIR and launched an investigation following CCTV evidence of the accident.
• The crash happened at 1 pm in front of Hotel Rahul in Aundh when 61-year-old Jagannath Kashinath Kale’s scooter slipped into a pothole and he was run over by a car.
• CCTV footage shows a gap between the road surface and footpath paving blocks had formed a mid-sized pothole that caused Kale to lose control and fall.
• Local residents are demanding immediate repair of the dangerous road defect and stricter municipal oversight to protect vulnerable two-wheeler riders.
• This incident follows a similar fatal scooter skid in Chakan earlier this month, highlighting persistent infrastructure failures across Pune.