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Pooja Khedkar is accused of cheating on the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination to take reservation from other Backward Classes (OBC) and disabled quota.
Dilip Khedkar, father of dismissed IAS officer Pooja Khedkar, his wife Manorama and bodyguard Praful Salunkhe have been accused of kidnapping the helper of the truck.
The case is on the evening of 13 September, when his 2 crore land cruiser SUV collided with a cement mixer truck in Aroli, Navi Mumbai. Police said on Monday,

Dilip and Salunkhe forcibly took the truck helper Prahlad Kumar (22) and took them hostage and beaten up to the house in Chhattisgarh, Pune.
According to the police, when she reached Khedkar’s house on the complaint, Manorama Khedkar misbehaved with the team and left the dog on them. However, the police rescued the helper.
During this, Dilip and Manorama promised to come to the police station the next day, but both escaped along with the SUV. The police have registered a case against Manorama for obstructing government work, destroying evidence and saving the accused.

May 21- Supreme Court granted anticipatory bail to Pooja
The Supreme Court granted anticipatory bail by the Supreme Court on 21 May. The bench of Justice BV Nagratna and Satish Chandra Sharma has ordered Pooja to cooperate in the investigation.
During the hearing, the Supreme Court said- Which major crime did Pooja commit. He is not a drug mafia or a terrorist. He is not accused of murder (Section 302).
Supreme Court had overturned the order of Delhi High Court
The Supreme Court had overturned the Delhi High Court’s order of 23 December 2024. Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, appearing for Pooja, said that there are some such comments in the High Court order which may be used against Pooja when the trial starts. On this, the bench issued a notice to the UPSC and the Delhi government.
The Delhi High Court made strict remarks, dismissing Pooja’s anticipatory bail plea. The court had said that it is not only fraud with a constitutional body but also with society and the whole country. The High Court had admitted that Pooja’s parents were in big positions. This indicates the possibility of collusion with influential persons.
Earlier, Delhi’s Patiala House Court rejected Pooja’s anticipatory bail plea on 1 August 2024. After this, Pooja reached the Delhi High Court.
Know how the forgery of Pooja was revealed …

During her posting, Pooja had a fine of 26 thousand rupees on the Audi car on which the red-blue light and the Maharashtra government used to roam.
Pooja was training a trainee officer in Pune. During this, he was accused of seeking facilities. A complaint was also reported that a senior officer captured the chamber. He installed a red light and a plate of ‘Maharashtra government’ in his private Audi car.
Pune’s District Collector Suhas Diwase had complained against Pooja, after which he was transferred. After this, when the case was investigated, it was found that he used fake documents to get selection in UPSC. When the investigation went ahead, there were many shocking revelations.
4 controversies related to disability certificate

- Pooja Khedkar’s address ‘plot number 53, Dehu Aladi Road, Talavade, Pimpri Chinchwad, Pune’ were written in the disability certificate. While there is no home on this address, there is a factory named Thermovarta Engineering Company. Pooja’s Audi which was seized was a register in the name of this company.
- Under government rules, Aadhaar card is mandatory for making disability certificate, but ration card was installed in the certificate of worship.
- Several disability certificates of worship came to light after checking the selection in UPSC from handicapped quota. Pooja handed over 2 separate certificates issued from Ahmednagar District Civil Hospital to UPSC in 2018 and 2021.
- Pooja took several appointments for medical examination in Delhi to confirm her disability certificate, but later submitted a private hospital report to UPSC.
- Yashwant Rao Chavan Memorial Hospital made it clear that there was no mistake in making a locomometer certificate of Pooja. In the certificate, Pooja was described as 7% locomometer disability. The hospital operates Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation.
- Pooja claimed in an affidavit to UPSC that she is mentally disabled and also has difficulty in seeing. Pooja had refused to give a medical test 6 times, while it is necessary to give medical tests.
- According to several media reports, Pooja’s first medical test was scheduled in Delhi AIIMS in April 2022. He refused to join it, citing Kovid being positive.
Pooja also accused of taking advantage of OBC quota Pooja is also accused of taking advantage of OBC non-reviewer quota by hiding the information of parents’ marital status. Pooja’s father Dilip Khedkar is a retired IAS officer. He also contested the election.
In the electoral affidavits, she stated her assets of Rs 40 crore, while Pooja had described the family’s assets less than 8 lakh in the affidavid given to UPSC.
A video of Pooja also went viral, in which she is claiming the divorce of parents. Pooja claimed that her father does not live with her, so she comes under the purview of OBC non-slayer layer.

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Former IAS Pooja Khedkar has a property worth Rs 22 crore, earned 42 lakh rupees annually from them

Pooja told her real estate details to the government before joining in 2023 that she bought 2 plots in Mhalunga, Pune in 2015. In this, he bought a plot 42 lakh 25 thousand rupees and the second plot for 43 lakh 50 thousand rupees. Currently, the market value of both plots is between 6 and 8 crores. Read full news …