Pune, July 12 (Language) The video of IAS officer Pooja Khedkar's mother threatening some people with a gun has gone viral, adding to the troubles of the controversial bureaucrat. The 2023 batch IAS officer is accused of presenting herself as an OBC non-creamy layer candidate in her UPSC candidature. She also claimed that she was visually and mentally handicapped but refused to undergo tests to confirm her claims.
An official said the incident in the video is about a piece of land purchased by Pooja's father Dilip Khedkar, a retired Maharashtra government official, in Mulshi tehsil of Pune district.
Local people had claimed that the Khedkars had encroached upon the land of neighboring farmers.
In the two-minute video, Pooja Khedkar's mother Manorama Khedkar is engaged in a heated argument with her neighbors along with her security guards.
Manorama Khedkar can be seen shouting at a man with a pistol in his hand. She walks up to him and waves the gun in his face before hiding it in her hand.
An official said the incident in the video is about a piece of land purchased by Pooja's father Dilip Khedkar, a retired Maharashtra government official, in Mulshi tehsil of Pune district.
Local people had claimed that the Khedkars had encroached upon the land of neighboring farmers.
In the two-minute video, Pooja Khedkar's mother Manorama Khedkar is engaged in a heated argument with her neighbors along with her security guards.
Manorama Khedkar can be seen shouting at a man with a pistol in his hand. She walks up to him and waves the gun in his face before hiding it in her hand.