Overview

• The Belapur court granted interim protection from arrest until October 13, with the main anticipatory bail hearing set for that date.
• Investigators say their filing will include forensic mapping of the SUV’s movements and timeline verification, and they may seek additional charges as the probe advances.
• The case stems from an early-September Mulund–Airoli Road clash in which an SUV’s occupants allegedly took a truck cleaner to a Pune bungalow linked to the Khedkar family.
• Police traced the victim to the property, registered FIRs for kidnapping in Navi Mumbai and obstruction in Pune, and arrested the family’s bodyguard, Praful Salunkhe.
• Reports allege Manorama blocked police entry at the Pune compound and released guard dogs, while her bail plea asserts false implication and promises cooperation with investigators.