Puja Khedkar, IAS Trainee, Claims She Is Being Framed for Sexual Harassment Complaint; UPSC Accuses Her of Misusing Law
Puja Khedkar, IAS trainee, ne kaha ki sexual harassment ki complaint par unhe fasaya ja raha hai; UPSC ka kehna hai ki unhone kanoon ka durupyog kiya hai. Delhi Police aur UPSC ne Puja Khedkar se custody mein puchtaach ki demand ki hai.
Unhone kaha ki maamle ki gambhirta se jaanch ki jani chahiye, isliye ye zaroori hai. Delhi ki ek court ne Wednesday ko kaha ki wo Puja Khedkar dwara daayar anticipatory bail petition par Thursday ko faisla karegi.
Puja par UPSC dwara organize ki gayi civil services exam mein dhokhadhadi se pass hone ka aarop hai. Delhi Police ne haal hi mein UPSC dwara daayar ek complaint par Khedkar ke khilaaf case register kiya tha, jisme un par “apna naam, apne pita aur mata ka naam, apni tasveer/hastakshar, apni email ID, mobile number aur pata badal kar apni pehchaan badal kar exam rules ke tahat acceptable limit se pare dhokhadhadi se prayas karne” ka aarop lagaya gaya tha. Khedkar ne Additional Sessions Judge Devendra Kumar Jangla ke samaksh aarop lagaya ki unke khilaaf case isliye daayar kiya gaya hai, kyunki unhone Pune Collector ke khilaaf sexual harassment ki complaint daayr ki thi. Unhone kaha ki media ne unke khilaaf ek tarah se shadyantra rach diya hai. Unki vakil Bina Madhavan ne tark diya, “Maine (Khedkar) sexual harassment ki complaint daayr ki hai aur isliye mere khilaaf ye sab kiya ja raha hai.”
“Unki physical disability permanent hai aur unke sharir ke sambandh mein disability ka percent 47 percent hai,” Madhavan ne court ke samaksh AIIMS ke ek board dwara issue kiya gaya disability certificate present karte hue kaha ki Khedkar kai tarah ki disabilities se peedit candidate hain. “UPSC unke khilaaf ye sab kyun kar raha hai? Kyunki wo ek mahila hain? Kyunki wo ek disabled vyakti hain?” Madhavan ne poocha.
Halaanki, Madhavan ne ye bhi kaha ki Khedkar dwara kiye gaye attempts se sambandhit information chhupane ke aarop ki UPSC dwara jaanch ki jani chahiye. Unhone kaha, “Mere khilaaf ek matr aarop ye hai ki maine attempts ke baare mein information chhupayi hai. Maine 5 likha tha, jabki mujhe 12 likhna chahiye tha.”
Delhi Police aur UPSC dono ne tark diya ki custody mein puchtaach ki awashyakta hai kyunki maamle ki gambhirta se jaanch ki jani chahiye kyunki Khedkar ne “system ki integrity ka ulanghan kiya hai.” Sunwayi ke dauran, court ne Khedkar ke lawyer se unke is claim ke baare mein poocha ki unhe Delhi High Court ne fir se exam mein baithne ki anumati di hai. Madhavan ne kaha ki Khedkar ko Delhi High Court dwara parit interim orders ke tahat additional attempts karne ki anumati di gayi thi.
Halaanki, UPSC ka representation karne wale vakil ne is claim ka virodh kiya. UPSC ka representation karne wale vakil ne court ko bataya ki “High Court ne koi decision nahi diya hai ki wo additional exams mein baithne ke yogya hain.”
Delhi Police ki taraf se present hue Additional Public Prosecutor Atul Srivastava ne kaha ki Khedkar ne UPSC ko dhokha dene ke liye jaan bujh kar apna naam badla tha aur unhone kisi ko bhi apne attempts ki sankhya ke baare mein nahi bataya tha. Srivastava ne poocha, “Kya ye facts ko chhupane ka gambhir maamla nahi hai?”
“Har mauke par daman ki karwai hui – DoPT, UPSC aur courts ke samne. Is vyakti ne kanoon aur kanuni prakriya ka durupyog kiya hai. Uske dwara kanoon ka durupyog karne ki sambhavana abhi bhi bani hui hai. Wo ek sadhan sampann vyakti hai,” UPSC ka representation karne wale senior advocate Naresh Kaushik ne kaha.
Dusri aur, Srivastava ne aarop lagaya ki Khedkar ne dawa kiya ki uske mata-pita ka talak OBC category ke tahat creamy layer exclusion ki badha ko door karne ke liye hua tha.
Halaanki, court ne is stage par Khedkar ko arrest karne ki awashyakta par sawaal uthaya aur prosecution se poocha ki kya maamla documents ki forgery ka hai. ASJ Jangla ne poocha, “Agar aapki jaanch shuruati charan mein hai, to aap ushe arrest karne ki itni jaldi mein kyun hain?”
Court ne UPSC ki bhi khinchai ki. Court ne Kaushik se poocha, “Kya ye UPSC ki vifalta hai ki usne aisa hone diya ya applicant ki ati-visheshagta?”
Uski bail petition ka virodh karte hue Srivastava ne ye bhi kaha ki agar ushe anticipatory bail di jati hai to Khedkar police ke sath sahyog nahi karegi.