Supreme Court directs Puja Khedkar to appear before Delhi Police on May 2 for questioning, says no arrest
The Hindu
Supreme Court directs Puja Khedkar to appear before Delhi Police for questioning, no arrest until further notice.
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 21, 2025) directed former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar to appear before the Delhi Police Crime Branch (Central) for questioning even as it ordered that no “coercive steps”, to the extent of arrest, be made against her.
A Bench headed by Justice B.V. Nagarathna directed Ms. Khedkar to appear before the police on May 2 at 10.30 a.m. and on any other day, if she is summoned.
She is accused of cheating and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination.
Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju, for the police, said her custodial interrogation was necessary to ascertain the identity of the middlemen involved in the alleged scam of preparing fake disability certificates for UPSC aspirants.
Mr. Raju said Ms. Khedkar’s family owned many properties and was not eligible to claim quota benefits as a member of the non-creamy layer OBC community. The law officer said there was a powerful lobby behind her. Only her interrogation in custody would prove fruitful and take the probe further.
“Effectiveness of the interrogation will depend on the agency. You interrogate her first, we will see,” Justice Nagarathna addressed Mr. Raju.
In its order, the court urged the police to complete the investigation as expeditiously as possible.
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