The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to Dilip Khedkar, father of former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, who is accused of abducting a truck cleaner following a road rage incident in Navi Mumbai last month.

A single-judge bench of Justice N R Borkar granted the pre-arrest bail with conditions. Khedkar has been directed to pay Rs 4 lakh as compensation to the alleged victim, truck cleaner Prahlad Kumar , within six weeks. He must also deposit Rs 1 lakh to the police welfare fund .

The incident took place on September 13 on the Mulund–Airoli Road . According to the FIR, a cement-mixer truck grazed an SUV owned by Khedkar. This led to an altercation between Khedkar, his driver-cum-bodyguard Praful Salunkhe , truck driver Chandrakumar Chavan , and cleaner

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