India, Sept. 21 -- A 22-year-old truck cleaner who was allegedly abducted by former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar's father, Dilip Khedkar, told Navi Mumbai police that he was locked in the watchman's room, fed stale food, and threatened with murder.

Pralhad Kumar, 22, from Turbhe MIDC in Navi Mumbai, was allegedly abducted on September 13 after the truck he worked on grazed Dilip Khedkar's Land Cruiser at a traffic junction on Mulund-Airoli Road.

Puja Khedkar is said to have kept him captive, demanding compensation from the truck's owner for the damage.

In his statement, Kumar said that following an argument between Dilip Khedkar, his driver Praful Salunkhe, and the truck driver over the incident in Navi Mumbai, they abducted him, claim...