India, Sept. 16 -- Bullets, assault, forgery and now alleged kidnapping - the Khedkars' growing notoriety has become their calling card. Seemingly immune to the law and armed with deep political connections, the Pune-based family is making headlines again.

On Sunday, Manorama Khedkar, 58, mother of former probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, was charged with obstructing a police team, which had arrived at their Baner bungalow in Pune, to search the premises.

The police turned up after an SUV linked to the Khedkars collided with a cement mixer on the Mulund-Airoli road in Navi Mumbai on Saturday evening. The SUV driver and his associate allegedly took away the helper of the cement mixer, on the pretext of escorting him to the police st...