Pune, July 18: Police have detained Manorama Khedkar, mother of controversial IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, in a case of allegedly threatening some persons by brandishing a gun over a land dispute, officials said on Wednesday. She was apprehended from Mahad in Maharashtra's Raigad district, a Pune police official said.

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. Puja Khedkar’s Training in Maharashtra Cancelled Amid IAS Selection Controversy.

Manorama Khedkar Brandishing Gun Over Land Dispute

The Paud police in Pune rural have booked the Khedkar couple and five others under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) sections, including 323 (dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property), and relevant provisions of the Arms act. Pooja Khedkar Controversy: Pune Police Issues Show Cause Notice to Controversial IAS Officer’s Mother, Manorama Khedkar, Over Misuse of Licenced Gun.

"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," Superintendent of Police, Pune Rural, Pankaj Deshmukh, said. Multiple teams had been formed to trace Manorama, her husband and five others accused in the case.

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