Has she committed murder, asks Supreme Court, granting anticipatory bail to ex-IAS probationer Puja Khedkar The counsel for the Delhi Police vehemently opposed grant of anticipatory bail to the ... Puja Khedkar is a 2023-batch IAS officer who secured an all-India rank (AIR) of 841 in her UPSC exams. Puja Khedkar , a probationary IAS officer in Maharashtra, is in the eye of a storm over... Khedkar , who faces serious allegations of cheating and misusing benefits under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) and disability quotas, was discharged from the IAS under Rule 12 of IAS (Probation)... The Supreme Court on Wednesday, January 15, granted protection from arrest to Puja Khedkar , a former IAS trainee accused of cheating and allegedly misusing OBC and disability quota benefits in the ...