Manorama Khedkar, mother of former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, has been granted interim bail by a local court in Belapur until the next hearing on October 13 in connection with a kidnapping case.

Manorama had reportedly gone into hiding following allegations that she and her family kidnapped a truck cleaner.

Her lawyers appeared before the additional district court and requested anticipatory bail. While the interim relief has been granted, the main hearing and the police response are scheduled for October 13.

The case stems from a road rage incident in early September on Navi Mumbai’s Mulund-Airoli Road.

A cement mixer truck allegedly brushed against an SUV, prompting the SUV’s occupants to forcibly take the truck cleaner to a bungalow in Pune, reportedly linked to the Khedkar family

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