PUNE: The Pune Rural police early on Thursday morning detained Manorama Khedkar, mom of IAS trainee officer Puja Khedkar, from a lodge at Mahad in Raigad district in a case of rioting, threatening and Arms Act violation case.
Paud police in rural Pune on July 12 registered the case towards Manorama and 6 others, together with Puja’s father, Dilip Khedkar, after a video went viral on social media displaying Manorama, accompanied by personal bouncers, brandishing a .25 Webley & Scott pistol on June 5, 2023, throughout an argument with some farmers over a land possession difficulty at Dhadhawali village in Mulshi tehsil.
One of many farmers lodged a criticism on this connection.
Superintendent of Police (Pune Rural) Pankaj Deshmukh informed TOI “Our group tracked down Manorama’s motion and detained her from the lodge at Mahad within the early hours of Thursday. We’re persevering with with our seek for Dilip Khedkar.”
One other senior Pune Rural police officer, who didn’t want to be named, informed TOI “Manorama had employed a personal cab to maneuver round totally different locations ever for the reason that case was registered towards her.”
A police group was anticipated to supply Manorama earlier than a magisterial courtroom in Paud on Thursday afternoon for custodial remand proceedings.
Separate groups of Pune Rural police had earlier visited Pathardi in Ahmednagar district, the place the Khedkars have their ancestral residence, in addition to, trying to find the Khedkar couple in Lonavla and Mumbai.
Pune Metropolis police had issued the firearm license to Manorama within the yr 2000 for self-defence functions.
After the case registered by the Paud police, the Pune Metropolis police issued a discover to Manorama asking her to elucidate why her firearm license shouldn’t be revoked for violation of license phrases.
