IAS Trainee Puja Khedkar Pressured DCP To Release Kin Arrested In Steel Theft Case: Police Report
News 18The Navi Mumbai police have alleged in a report that IAS probationary officer Puja Khedkar tried to pressure its Deputy Commissioner of Police Vivek Pansare to release a man arrested in a steel theft case. Khedkar reportedly contacted Pansare, the Navi Mumbai Circle DCP, and requested the release of transporter Ishwar Uttarwade, who had been arrested in the case. After news about the conduct of the 32-year-old probationary IAS officer emerged, the Navi Mumbai police had reached out to the Pune collector’s office and a senior official in the home department. On the advice of the home department official, DCP Pansare forwarded a detailed report on the alleged phone call – spanning two pages – to Chief Secretary Sujata Saunik, who holds additional charge of the home department, through Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner Milind Bharambe.