Police sources said that the mother of the probationary IAS officer, Puja Khedkar, who had recently got into the news for her ‘firangi’ remark, was caught after a video of her brandishing a gun came to light. The police officer from Pune Rural, Superintendent of Police Pankaj Deshmukh, submitted that Manorama Khedkar was arrested in Mahad, which is situated in Maharashtra’s Raigad district.
Manorama Khedkar is left handcuffed and is taken to Pune regarding a case lodged against her and six others. The charges include pointing the barrel of a firearm at farmers. “We have arrested her from Mahad. She is on her way here. We will interrogate her and proceed further legally… she was caught from a hotel in Mahad,” said Deshmukh to a news agency.
IAS Officer Mother’s Incident
The restricted clip depicts Manorama Khedkar as dealing with neighbors in a particular village in Pune. Mishra said the video shows Khedkar arguing with another man, two security guards nearby and Khedkar pointing a pistol at the man before discreetly shoving the weapon behind his back. This reported incident allegedly involves a piece of land that Puja’s father, Dilip Khedkar, a retired Maharashtra government officer, had bought in Dhadwali village of Mulshi tehsil in Pune.
As for the reason for this fight, local farmers noted that the Khedkar’s seized their property. Last week, the Pune Rural Police opened an investigation to confirm the circumstances of the events and whether Manorama Khedkar had the license to possess the firearm.
Puja Khedkar’s Incident
The controversies involving the Khedkar family erupted with a series of controversies involving Puja Khedkar, an IAS officer of the 2023 batch. Charges of sexual harassment have been made against Puja, were she insisted that she wanted her own office and an official car and used a beacon on her private car while serving in Pune. Also, they charge her with deploying false information to the UPSC by feigning that she belongs to the non-creamy layer of other backward castes.
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