Pune, July 22: Controversial IAS probationer Puja Khedkar’s mother Manorama Khedkar was sent to 14-day judicial custody by a Pune court on Monday in the case relating to threatening a farmer.
Manorama was arrested from a lodge in Raigad district, where she was hiding, on Thursday for allegedly threatening a person with a gun over a land dispute in June last year and produced before a judicial magistrate.
The prosecution alleged that Manorama, along with her husband and three others, threatened the complainant with a gun and she put a gun on the complainant's head and was about to pull the trigger.
Earlier, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has sealed a company named ThermoVerita linked to Manorama Khedkar located in Pune due to an alleged tax default of Rs 2.77 lakh.
This development comes amidst controversy surrounding probationary IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, who had utilized the company's address to obtain a disability certificate from YCM Hospital Pimpri Chinchwad.
