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Puja Khedkar utilized a counterfeit ration card to obtain a disability certificate, documents reveal.

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Puja Khedkar, the probationary IAS officer, obtained a disability certificate using a false address and a counterfeit ration card, documents accessed by India Today revealed.

Khedkar provided an address of ‘Plot No. 53, Dehu-Alandi, Talwade’ to the Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial (YCM) Hospital, claiming it was her residence in Pimpri-Chinchwad. However, it has been disclosed that this address belongs to Thermoverita Engineering Private Limited, a defunct company, and not a residential property.

Documents also revealed that a counterfeit ration card was generated using this company address, which Khedkar then utilized to secure the disability certificate, claiming locomotor disability. The certificate, issued on August 24, 2022, indicated that she had a seven percent disability in the knee.

Additionally, an Audi car is registered under the name of the same Thermoverita company. According to the tax collection department of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipality, Rs 2.7 lakh is owed by this company for the past three years.

Puja Khedkar, a 2023-batch IAS officer, is under investigation for allegedly falsifying a disability certificate for UPSC recruitment. Her OBC non-creamy-layer status is also being examined amidst allegations of power misuse.

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