India, Sept. 21 -- The Rabale police have arrested the driver of former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar's father in connection with the kidnapping of a truck helper following a road rage incident earlier this month. The case has added another layer of controversy to the Khedkar family, already under the scanner over Puja's alleged misuse of caste and disability quotas in the civil services examination.

The accused, identified as Praful Gnyaneshwar Salunkhe, was arrested from Shindkheda in Dhule district on Thursday after investigators tracked him using technical surveillance and local intelligence. He was produced before a Belapur court on Saturday and remanded in police custody till September 23.

The case stems from a September 13 acciden...