Controversy Erupts as Police Hunt for IAS Officer's Parents in Land Dispute

Police are searching for the parents of probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, Manorama and Dilip, after a video showed her mother threatening a farmer with a pistol over a land dispute. FIRs have been registered but the parents are currently untraceable and have avoided police inquiry.

Police are searching for the parents of probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar in connection with a land dispute case, following a viral video showing her mother, Manorama Khedkar, threatening a farmer with a pistol in Pune.

A police team visited the Khedkars' residence in Pune but found it locked and unresponsive. The couple have since avoided police inquiries and turned off their phones. An FIR has been registered at Paud police station, and further searches are underway in Pune and surrounding areas.

The Khedkars and five others are booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and the Arms Act. Additional searches are being conducted to locate others involved in the incident, including the guards seen in the viral video.