Mumbai: The Pune Rural Police has registered an FIR against Manorama Khedkar, Dilip Khedkar, the parents of controversial trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar, and five others based on a complaint by a farmer who alleged that he was threatened by Manorama, news agency ANI reported on Saturday.
The FIR under sections 323, 504, 506 of IPC was registered on Friday night at the Paud police station. Charges under the Arms Act have also been included, ANI quoted Manoj Yadav, senior police inspector, as saying.
The FIR was registered after a video showing Manorama Khedkar threatening a group of men with a gun has gone viral, adding to the woes of the controversial bureaucrat Puja Khedkar. The Pune Rural Police on later Friday evening said a probe would begin to ascertain facts, including if she possessed a licence for the firearm.
“The Police have registered an FIR against Manorama Khedkar, Dilip Khedkar, parents of trainee IAS officer Pooja Khedkar and five others. The FIR was filed last night at Paud police station based on the complaint of a local farmer who alleged that he was threatened by Manoram Khedkar. Charges under the Arms Act have also been included,” said the Pune Rural Police.
What’s the case?
A police official said the incident in the video was about a land parcel bought by Puja Khedkar’s father Dilip Khedkar, a retired Maharashtra government officer, in Dhadwali village in Pune’s Mulshi tehsil. Locals had claimed the Khedkars had encroached on the land of neighbouring farmers.
