Manorama Khedkar, mother of probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, was apprehended on Thursday at a homestay in Raigad district.
“She had hired a private cab to visit various locations before checking into the homestay facility around 11 pm on Wednesday. She was using a false identity, ‘Indubai Dhakane.’ The cab driver, Dadasaheb Dhakane, presented his real Aadhaar card to the facility owner, while Manorama used the Aadhaar card of the cab driver’s mother to book the room,” said Pune Rural SP Pankaj Deshmukh.
“Our team, which was monitoring her movements, was alerted by a cellphone number that became active while it was under surveillance.”
“The location of this cell phone was Hirkaniwadi, and our team reached there,” the SP said.