ashok kharat

Mumbai, April 2 Self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, who is facing rape charges, opened more than 130 accounts in two cooperative credit societies in Maharashtra under different names and conducted transactions exceeding Rs 62.74 crore in the last couple of years, a police official said on...

Nashik, April 2 A court in Maharashtra's Nashik district remanded self-proclaimed religious leader Ashok Kharat in police custody for seven days on Thursday in a second case of rape, in which he is accused of sexually exploiting a woman on multiple occasions since 2020, under the guise of...

Mumbai, April 1 – Maharashtra’s Minister for Women and Child Development, Aditi Tatkare, described the incidents involving the self-proclaimed godman, Ashok Kharat, as “extremely heinous and condemnable” on Wednesday.She emphasized that there is no room for supporting such actions and aligned...

Mumbai, April 1 The NCP (SP) on Wednesday demanded a thorough investigation into the alleged links between political leaders and self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, based on photos of them with him, while Maharashtra minister Aditi Tatkare asserted that these pictures do not imply that the...

Nashik, April 1 A court in Nashik, Maharashtra, remanded self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, who is accused of rape, into 14-day judicial custody on Wednesday.Kharat was arrested on March 18 after a 35-year-old woman accused him of repeated rape over a period of three years. Following his...

Nashik, Apr 1 The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is investigating the alleged rape accused self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, has detained his son from Nashik city for questioning, and is also searching for his wife, police said.At least 10 FIRs, eight for alleged sexual assault or...

Pune, March 31 Police on Tuesday registered a case against Pune-based activist and content creator Santosh Pandit for allegedly sexually harassing a female journalist, an official said.The FIR against him was filed at the Parvati police station.The female journalist, who works for a...

Nashik, March 31 The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is investigating self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, who is accused of rape, detained his son from Nashik city on Tuesday for questioning, police said.At least 10 FIRs have been registered against Kharat at the Sarkarwada police...

Nashik, March 29 A court in Nashik on Sunday extended the police custody of self-proclaimed spiritual leader Ashok Kharat, arrested in a rape case, until April 1.Kharat, who headed a temple trust in Mirgaon in Nashik district, and whom several prominent Maharashtra politicians had visited over...

Nashik (Maharashtra), March 28 Police said on Saturday that two more cases have been registered against self-proclaimed spiritual leader Ashok Kharat, adding that the Special Investigation Team investigating him has received over 100 complaints via phone.With this, a total of ten FIRs, eight...

Mumbai, March 28 Senior BJP leader and former Maharashtra minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on Saturday demanded the death penalty for self-proclaimed religious leader Ashok Kharat, who was arrested for allegedly repeatedly raping a woman over the past three years.Kharat, who was arrested on March...

Mumbai, March 28 Senior BJP leader and former Maharashtra minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on Saturday demanded the death penalty for self-proclaimed religious figure Ashok Kharat, who was arrested on March 18 for allegedly repeatedly raping a woman over the past three years.Kharat has been named...

Mumbai, March 27 NCP leader Rupali Chakankar, who was embroiled in the controversy surrounding self-proclaimed godman Captain Ashok Kharat, finally resigned from her position as the President of the Maharashtra NCP women's wing on Friday.She has forwarded her resignation to the NCP national...

Mumbai, March 27 NCP leader Rupali Chakankar resigned as the chief of the party's Maharashtra women's wing on Friday, following criticism over her association with rape-accused "spiritual leader" Ashok Kharat."Following a phone discussion with (NCP president and Deputy Chief Minister) Sunetra...

Mumbai, March 27 The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, who is accused of rape, has received more than 50 calls in the last five days reporting crimes allegedly committed by him or providing related information, officials said on Friday.Kharat...

Nashik, March 27 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sushma Andhare said on Friday that instead of undermining other leaders in the ruling alliance, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis should ensure that the investigation in the Ashok Kharat case is taken to its logical conclusion.Kharat, a...

Mumbai, March 27 The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the rape accused and self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat has received more than 50 calls in the last five days providing information or reporting crimes allegedly committed by him, officials said on Friday.The Maharashtra...

Mumbai, March 27 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Friday that criminal action will be taken against those circulating obscene videos of the women victims of self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat on social media."In the Kharat case, many more victims are coming forward. More...

Palghar/Pune, March 27 Police have registered a case against a self-proclaimed religious figure from Maharashtra's Palghar district for allegedly raping a 35-year-old woman from Pune, after he claimed to be the incarnation of Lord Shiva, officials said on Friday.The woman filed a complaint...

Palghar, March 27 A self-proclaimed religious figure from the Palghar district of Maharashtra has been arrested for allegedly raping a 35-year-old woman after claiming to be an incarnation of Lord Shiva, an official said on Friday.The woman mustered the courage to file a complaint against the...