ashok kharat

Mumbai, April 11 – The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Saturday highlighted what it described as the rise of a "new breed" of Hindutva proponents in Maharashtra, whose outrage, it alleged, is more driven by political expediency than consistent moral standards.In an editorial published in the party...

Nashik, Apr 9 Jailed self-proclaimed godman and astrologer Ashok Kharat was arrested in a third case of rape and produced via video link before a court in Maharashtra's Nashik district, which on Thursday sent him to five-day police custody.In the third case, Kharat, who was first arrested in...

Nashik, April 8 A court in Maharashtra's Nashik district ordered the arrest of self-proclaimed religious leader Ashok Kharat on Wednesday, keeping him in judicial custody until April 21 in a second rape case. In this case, he is accused of sexually exploiting a woman on multiple occasions since...

Mumbai, April 7 Self-proclaimed godman-cum-astrologer Ashok Kharat is alleged to have sexually exploited women by claiming that he possessed "divine power" and would use it to cause the death of their family members or defame them if they didn't comply, according to investigators.He used the...

Mumbai, April 7 NCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar met Maharashtra Director General of Police Sadanand Date on Tuesday regarding the investigation into the air crash that killed then NCP chief Ajit Pawar, and said he was informed that the Zero FIR he had registered has been forwarded to the state CID...

Mumbai, April 6 Under pressure from the opposition, activist Anjali Damania claimed on Monday that she had used an AI-based large language model (LLM), Claude, to analyze call data records (CDR) of arrested self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat.Addressing a press conference here, Damania said...

Mumbai, April 6 The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case against self-proclaimed spiritual leader Ashok Kharat in Maharashtra, and will soon question him, officials said on Monday.The federal agency's Mumbai zonal office has filed an Enforcement Case Information...

Pune, Apr 6 NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar raised fresh doubts about the January 28 plane crash that killed Ajit Pawar on Monday, following allegations by activist Anjali Damania that arrested self-proclaimed spiritual leader Ashok Kharat was involved in financial transactions at a cooperative credit...

Mumbai, April 6 Activist Anjali Damania claimed on Monday that she used an Artificial Intelligence-based large language model (LLM) called Claude to analyze the call data records (CDR) of arrested self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat.Addressing a press conference here, Damania, while asserting...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, April 6 Maharashtra Minister Sanjay Shirsat on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Congress, accusing it of "undermining" the state's political culture by fielding a candidate for the Baramati assembly by-election.The April 23 by-election in the Baramati...

Mumbai, April 5 Nationalist Congress Party leader Sunil Tatkare said on Sunday that individuals with "malicious tendencies" should be tried in fast-track courts, and if warranted, should be given the death penalty.He was responding to queries about self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, who was...

Mumbai, April 5 Maharashtra minister Uday Samant responded to the CDR leak issue in the Ashok Kharat case on Sunday by stating that a feeling was gaining traction among people that political obstacles were being created for "a person from a common background," a reference to Deputy Chief...

Nashik/Mumbai, April 5 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday assured an investigation into the alleged leak of call data records in the case of the self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat and an investigation into his assets by the Enforcement Directorate.No one has the right to...

Nashik, April 5 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday that the leak of call data records in the Ashok Kharat case will be investigated, while the assets of the arrested self-proclaimed godman will be investigated by the Enforcement Directorate.No one has the right to...

Mumbai, April 4 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut claimed on Saturday that the call records of rape accused Ashok Kharat, which showed several calls between him and Eknath Shinde, could not have been accessed without the help of the Maharashtra Chief Minister's Office.Activist Anjali Damania...

Mumbai, April 4 The Maharashtra Congress said on Saturday that sensitive information related to the arrested self-proclaimed godman, Ashok Kharat, was being leaked, and asked if the Mahayuti government was using state machinery to settle personal scores.Kharat was arrested on March 18 for...

Nashik, April 3 – A major financial scam has come to light during the ongoing investigation into self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat. He is already facing serious allegations of exploiting women sexually and committing financial fraud in the name of spirituality.Preliminary findings have...

Thane, April 3 The Metro Line 9 rail service between Dahisar East and Mira Bhayandar will be inaugurated on April 6, Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik said on Friday.Speaking to reporters here, he said the inauguration of the service was delayed due to certain factors."We were...

Mumbai, April 3 Activist Anjali Damania alleged on Friday that at least 17 calls were exchanged between Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the rape accused, self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, during an unspecified period in the past.Some leaders from the BJP and NCP had also...

Mumbai, April 3 Ashok Kharat, who calls himself a religious figure and is facing rape charges, opened over 130 accounts in two cooperative credit societies in Maharashtra under different names and conducted transactions worth nearly Rs 63 crore in the past few years, a police official said...