IAS trainee Puja Khedkar’s mom held for brandishing gun

Manorama Khedkar, mother of IAS officer Puja Khedkar, was arrested by Pune Rural police in Raigad’s Hirkaniwadi. Using borrowed Aadhaar, she stayed at Parvati Nivas. She brandished a .25 Webley & Scott pistol at farmers in Dhadhawali with bouncers. SP Pankaj Deshmukh confirmed attempted murder charge; Judicial magistrate Sudhir G Barde remanded her. Complainant Pandharinath Pasalkar’s statement was crucial.