Fresh Trouble For Puja Khedkar As Missing Truck Driver Traced To Her Home

A truck driver, missing after an accident with a car, has been traced to the Pune home of sacked IAS officer Puja Khedkar, bringing fresh trouble for the former officer.

In September last, the Centre dismissed Puja Khedkar from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) after the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) cancelled her selection in one of the most sought-after branches of government service.

Ms Khedkar was found guilty of cheating and wrongly availing Other Backward Classes (OBC) and disability quota benefits. After cancelling her selection, the UPSC had barred her from taking the entrance exam for life. The Commission found her guilty of faking her identity to take the exam multiple times.

Cut to present, after the accident between a mixer truck and a car at Airoli signal in Navi Mumbai, the truck driver was found missing, said the police.