Puja Khedkar Case: Former Trainee IAS Officer Submitted 2 Separate Disability Certificates for UPSC Exam, Fraud Suspected, Say Delhi Police in High Court
In another status report submitted to the High Court in the national capital, the Delhi Police have contended that former controversial Maharashtra IAS Probationary Officer Puja M.D. Khedkar has submitted two separate disability certificates for her UPSC exams, official sources said here on Wednesday.
New Delhi, September 4: In another status report submitted to the High Court in the national capital, the Delhi Police have contended that former controversial Maharashtra IAS Probationary Officer Puja M.D. Khedkar has submitted two separate disability certificates for her UPSC exams, official sources said here on Wednesday.
The disability certificates of 2018 and 2021, citing 슬롯사이트˜multiple disability슬롯사이트� were purportedly issued by the Ahmednagar District Civil Hospital, for her UPSC attempts made in 2022 and 2023. However, as per the Delhi Police슬롯사이트™s latest status report, the Ahmednagar District Civil Authority has denied that the certificate claiming 슬롯사이트˜multiple disabilities슬롯사이트� was issued to her by them. Puja Khedkar슬롯사이트™s Training in Maharashtra Cancelled Amid IAS Selection Controversy.
슬롯사이트œDisability Certificate (Multiple Disability) vide No. MH2610119900342407 has not been issued by the Issuing Medical Authority, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra as per our Civil Surgeon Office Records, hence the possibility of Disability Certificate forged and fabricated is more likely,슬롯사이트� said the Delhi Police. Khedkar had claimed that she was suffering from a host of physical and mental illnesses and allegedly secured benefits under the relevant quotas to boost her chances of clearing the Civil Services Examinations-2022.
Background of the Controversy
After Khedkar passed her CSE-2022, she was assigned to the 2023 Maharashtra cadre and posted as an IAS-PO at Pune, where she had a tumultuous incomplete tenure and was shunted to Washim. As startling revelations tumbled out in quick succession, on July 31, the UPSC struck her name off the IAS list, barred her permanently from appearing for its future exams, and lodged a police complaint against her -- all of which Khedkar has challenged. Prior to that, on July 19, the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy for Administration (LBSNAA), cancelled Khedkar슬롯사이트™s field training (in Pune and Washim) and ordered her to report back to them by July 23, but she failed to do so. Pooja Khedkar, Controversial IAS Officer, May Be Terminated From Service if Found Guilty; Centre슬롯사이트™s Probe Begins.
Presently, Khedkar faces multiple probes and inquiries in Maharashtra and the Centre for her various alleged acts of omission and commission. She has remained mostly incommunicado for the past several months, even as her parents are also involved in different cases in the state.
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