Pune: The Bund Garden police have registered a case of obstructing public servants, intentional insult and criminal intimidation against probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar ’s father, Dilip Khedkar , based on a complaint lodged by a tehsildar (general administration) at the Pune district collector’s office. Dilip Khedkar retired in 2023 as a regional officer with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board. On June 12 and 13, he accompanied his daughter to the Pune collector’s office and resorted to ‘objectionable conduct’ with staffers there for not arranging her a cabin after she was appointed an assistant collector on June 3.
“A case of non-cognisable offences has been registered against him. We will secure the court’s permission to investigate it further and take legal action,” Pune police commissioner Amitesh Kumar said on Friday. TOI on Friday called Dilip Khedkar on his cell phone to seek his comment on the matter but his phone was ‘not reachable’.
TOI also called him on his WhatsApp number but there was no response. A text message was sent to him but there was no reply till the time of going to press. On July 8, the state general administration department (GAD) had written to collector Suhas Diwase, asking him to initiate an ‘appropriate legal action’ against Dilip Khedkar over ‘objectionable conduct’ at his daughter’s workplace.
“We have attached this letter as part of our complaint lodged with the police,” a senior official at the col.