Puja Khedkar’s mother Manorama detained by Pune Rural Police in Mahad

Manorama Khedkar, mother of IAS trainee Puja Khedkar, has been detained from Mahad in Maharashtra's Raigad district, Pankaj Deshmukh, SP, Pune Rural Police said on July 18. As per reports, she has been detained in a case of allegedly threatening some persons by brandishing a gun over a land dispute.

The police had launched a search for Manorama and her husband Dilip Khedkar after a video surfaced showing her allegedly threatening some persons with a gun over a land dispute at Dhadwali village in Pune's Mulshi tehsil.

"Manorama Khedkar has been detained from Mahad in Raigad district and she is being brought to Pune where, after the completion of formalities, she will be placed under arrest," Deshmukh said as quoted by PTI.

As per reports, the police in Pune rural filed charges against the Khedkar couple and five others under sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), including 323 (dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property), along with relevant provisions of the Arms Act.

What is the case on IAS officer's mother?

The FIR was registered after a video showing Manorama threatening a farmer with a gun went viral on social media. In the viral video, the mother of the controversial trainee IAS officer is seen brandishing a pistol while engaging in a heated argument with a farmer who ostensibly objects to her cultivating a disputed portion of a land at Dhadawali village in Mulshi tehsil of Pune. The Pune Rural Police had later assured of a probe to ascertain facts of the viral video, including if she possessed a licence for the firearm.

(With inputs from PTI)