Woman dies, friend injured in accident in Pune

PUNE: A woman, riding a pillion on a motorcycle driven by her friend, died after their bike met with an accident near the Bhairoba Nala PMPML bus stand on Sunday.
The two were returning from a Christmas midnight mass when the accident occurred, police said.
The police identified the deceased as Venkatprassanna Vipuri (22) from B T Kawade road.
The police later arrested the injured motorcycle rider Wilson Pillay (22) from Mohammadwadi.Pillay is a call centre employee.
Sub-inspector Maya Gawade on Monday said, “The victim and injured are friends. The duo attended the Christmas midnight mass and reached Camp and from there they were on their way home when the bike driven by Pillay skidded after he lost control over the vehicle”.
Gawade said, “The victim Vipuri riding pillion died due to serious head injury. The biker Pillay escaped with minor injury to legs. The duo was not wearing helmets.”
“The Sassoon general hospital has collected Pillay’s blood samples for seeking expert opinion to find out whether he was drunk or not at the time of the accident. We have arrested Pillay on the charge of causing the victim's death due to negligence under section 304 (a) of the Indian Penal Code following a complaint lodged by the victim’s sister Sushma Vipuri,” she added.