IAS Trainee Officer Wanted Cops To Release Theft-Accused Family Member
NDTV
Puja Khedkar faces a probe by the central government, and sources told NDTV she will be sacked if found guilty of lying and may also face criminal charges.
Puja Khedkar - the on-probation IAS officer under scrutiny after allegedly lying about mental and visual disabilities, and her OBC background - to qualify for the Civil Service, now faces a fresh charge.
Navi Mumbai Police submitted a report to the Maharashtra Home Department stating Ms Khedkar pressured the cops into releasing a family member accused of theft, news agency PTI said.
It is believed Ms Khedkar, on May 18, called a Deputy Commissioner of Police and demanded that he release a man suspected of transporting stolen steel. She insisted the man - identified in some reports as Ishwar Uttarwade - was innocent and that the charges against him were "minor".