In Maharashtra, Pune police on Sunday confiscated a luxury car used by controversial probationary IAS officer Pooja Khedkar by allegedly installing a red beacon light on it illegally, an official said.The Pune Regional Transport Office (RTO) on Thursday issued a notice to a city-based private company, which is the registered owner of the Audi car that 34-year-old Khedkar used during her posting in Pune.Shivane village in Haveli taluka was mentioned as the address of the registered user, as per officials.The car is kept at the traffic division of the Chaturshrangi Police Station, with a jammer put on the car and barricades installed around it.
Khedkar came under the spotlight after kicking up a controversy surrounding her demands for facilities not available to probationary officers in the IAS. The controversy intensified after allegations of submitting fake disability and OBC certificates to clear the civil services exam surfaced.Only top officials above the secretary level in the state government, police officers of and above the rank of inspector general of police and regional commissioners are allowed to use amber beacons without flashers, while top-level district officials are entitled to use blue beacons.
A jammer was put on the car and barricades were installed around it, he said.As many as 21 challans with total charges of Rs 27,000 were issued in the past against the Audi car, which was registered at the Pune RTO on June 27, 2012, for alleged traffic violations.
Meanwhile,Pune Police pastes notice outside trainee IAS officer Pooja Khedkar's house.The notice states that Manorama Khedkar has to respond as to why her gun license should not be cancelled. She has been asked to respond within 10 days. A case has been registered against her under the Arms Act in the Pune rural police jurisdiction on the complaint of a local farmer who alleged that Manorama Khedkar and others had threatened him.
#WATCH | Pune Police pastes notice outside trainee IAS officer Pooja Khedkar's house in Maharashtra's Pune
— ANI (@ANI) July 14, 2024
A show cause notice issued by Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar to Pooja Khedkar's mother Manorama Khedkar has been pasted as no one turned up to receive the notice.… pic.twitter.com/K2ZvIoLCp6
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