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Pooja Khedkar, the trainee IAS officer who has been hitting the headlines these days, has said that the media trial proving her "guilty" is wrong. Speaking to the media, the probationary IAS officer said that the truth will eventually prevail.

"I will testify before the committee. I think whatever decision the committee will take should be acceptable to all. My job here as a probationer is to work and learn and that is what I am doing. I cannot make any comments on that. The experts of the government (committee) will decide. Neither I nor you (media) or the public can decide," she said.

She further expressed faith in the decision of the Central committee probing the matter and said, "Whenever the decision of the committee comes, it will be public and open to scrutiny. But right now I don't have any right to tell you about the investigation going on."

Asked if she is being targeted, Khedkar said, "Everybody knows what is going on."

The Indian Constitution is based on the fact that you are innocent till proven guilty, she said. "So proving me guilty by media trial is wrong on everybody's part," she added.

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She concluded by saying that she will keep her stand in front of the committee and the truth will come out.

Puja Khedkar has recently grabbed all the eyeballs for allegedly misusing the OBC and disability quota to secure a position in the Union Service Public Commission (UPSC).

The 34-year-old IAS officer faces accusations of using fraudulent means to clear her civil services exam, including allegedly misrepresenting herself under the physical disabilities and OBC categories.

Meanwhile, the parents of Pooja are absconding and their phones are switched off. "The accused are absconding. We are trying to contact them, but their phones are switched off, due to which we are unable to contact them. We also reached their homes, but they are not present there," said Pune Rural SP Pankaj Deshmukh told news agency ANI.

(With inputs from agency)