The Pune metropolis police have issued a showcause discover to Manorama Dilip Khedkar, the mom of controversial probationary IAS officer Pooja Khedkar, asking why her gun licence shouldn’t be cancelled.
A video exhibiting Manorama Khedkar brandishing a gun at a farmer surfaced and went viral on social media and tv information channels. Within the video, Manorama is seen accompanied by a couple of bouncers and holding a pistol whereas partaking in a heated argument with a farmer who ostensibly objects to her cultivating a disputed portion of the land. The incident allegedly came about on the Dhadawali village within the Mulshi tehsil of Pune district on June 5, 2023.
Pandharinath Pasalkar, 65, the farmer seen on this video, lodged a primary info report (FIR) on the Paud police station in Pune rural on Friday in opposition to Manorama, her husband Dilip Khedkar—each of whom are residents of Nationwide Housing Society in Baner—Ambadas Khedkar of Ambi village in Haveli, and different unidentified folks.
The police booked Manorama and different accused on this offence beneath sections 323, 504, 506, 143, 144, 147, 148 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code and sections of the Indian Arms Act.
In view of this FIR lodged in opposition to Manorama, Commissioner of Pune Metropolis Police, Amitabh Gupta, issued the showcause discover. It stated that Manorama allegedly triggered a violation of the foundations and rules concerning the gun licence and that the potential of her irresponsible act inflicting risk to the lifetime of frequent residents can’t be dominated out. Therefore, she shouldn’t be the suitable individual for possession of gun licence, it acknowledged.
The police commissioner requested Manorama to answer the present trigger discover inside ten days, or else the method of cancelling her gun license can be initiated.
In the meantime, Inspector Manoj Yadav of the Paud police station stated on Saturday they carried out the spot panchnama and recorded statements of the witnesses on this case. “Investigation is on. We’re gathering proof,” stated Yadav.
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As per the election affidavit submitted by Diliprao Khedkar, Pooja’s father, a retired authorities officer, when he contested Lok Sabha elections 2024 from Ahmednagar South constituency, the household owns appreciable land within the village.
As per the affidavit, Dilip owns 1.21 hectares, and his spouse Manorama owns 4.115 hectares of agricultural land in Dhadwali village. Pooja has individually disclosed to the federal government that she owns 4.74 hectares in Dhadwali village. The household owns a collective 8.86 hectares (21.89 acres) of agricultural land in Dhadwali, the place the alleged incident came about.
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