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MUMBAI: Self-styled godman-cum-astrologer Ashok Kharat allegedly 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 speak against them, the special investigation team (SIT) probing cases against him said. Tejasvi Satpute, who heads the SIT constituted by the Maharashtra government, said that 12 FIRs have been registered against Kharat. While eight cases are related to sexual assault, four are l ...Read More >
Nashik, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the CDR leak in the Ashok Kharat case will be probed, while the arrested self-styled godman's assets will be investigated by the Enforcement Directorate. No one has the right to obtain such call data records, Fadnavis said amid a furore after social activist Anjali Damania on Friday made revelations about calls between Kharat and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. She also claimed she received Kharat's CDR on WhatsApp from ...Read More >
The BJP has announced a Jharkhand bandh on April 3 to protest the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Hazaribag, highlighting concerns over the state's law and order situation. IMAGE: Illustration: Dominic Xavier/RediffKey PointsBJP calls for a Jharkhand bandh on April 3 to protest the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Hazaribag.The BJP alleges a complete collapse of law and order in Jharkhand, citing numerous rape, kidnapping, theft, and murder cases.The Jharkhand H ...Read More >
Bokaro (Jharkhand), Apr 2 (PTI) Seven people were arrested from different parts of Jharkhand's Bokaro district on Thursday for extorting money from traders, police said. Those arrested have been identified as Prince Gupta, Shyam Kumar Singh, Ajay Singh, Bhupendra Singh, Omprakash Pal, Jaynendra Shukla, and Golu Kumar, an official said, adding that arms and ammunition have also been seized from them. The action was taken after police received several complaints from people about getting extorti ...Read More >
Bokaro: In a major crackdown on organized crime, Jharkhand Police arrested seven operatives linked to the notorious interstate gangs of Aman Sahu and Prince Khan on Thursday. The crackdown effectively dismantled a local extortion ring that had been terrorizing businessmen, contractors, and real estate dealers across the industrial city. The operation took a dramatic turn in the early hours of Thursday. Acting on a disclosure from the gang's mastermind, Prince Kumar Gupta (alias 'Bhatia'), a pol ...Read More >
SHILLONG, April 1: The State Police have cracked the case pertaining to the murder of a seven-year-old boy from Nongrah by arresting a neighbour in a case that had lingered for six months even as investigators were simultaneously credited with cracking other high-profile crimes. The breakthrough comes at a time when police had already drawn public attention for solving the Raja Raghuvanshi honeymoon murder case and an interstate ATM theft case, developments that had intensified pressure to reso ...Read More >
PUNE: The number of criminal cases against arrested self-styled godman Ashok Kharat rose to 10 after Nashik city police registered two fresh offences, including one of rape and another of cheating, based on new complaints from a woman and a businessman. Police said eight of the 10 cases pertain to rape and sexual exploitation, while two are related to cheating. The Sarkarwada police in Nashik registered the latest cases on Friday night following a complaint by a married woman, who alleged that ...Read More >
Nashik: Self-styled godman Ashok Kharat's police custody ended today, and he was produced before the court. The path for his bail has now opened as the court has remanded him to 14 days of judicial custody. He will once again be produced before the court tomorrow in connection with another case. The entire state of Maharashtra, along with the victimised women, is now closely watching what action and punishment may follow in this second case. Kharat was earlier produced before the court on March ...Read More >
Nashik: In the Shiridi land fraud case, a criminal case has been registered not only against Ashok Kharat but also against his wife. In this connection, Kharat's wife, Kalpana Kharat, has now come under the radar of the Special Investigation Team (SIT). On Tuesday night, when the SIT team, along with the police, raided Kharat's residence in Nashik, it was confirmed that Kalpana Kharat was absconding. During the operation, Kharat's son Harshvardhan was taken into custody from the house by the pol ...Read More >
NASHIK/SHIRDI: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing multiple cases against self-styled godman Ashok Kharat on Tuesday detained his son in Nashik for questioning and launched a search for his wife Kalpana, who remains untraceable, as reported by news agency PTI.Kharat, currently in police custody, is expected to be produced before a local court after his remand ends on Wednesday. Officials said the SIT reached Kharat's residence in Karmayogi Nagar and detained his son, Harshvardhan, who w ...Read More >
Nashik, April 1: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the activities of self-styled godman Ashok Kharat has intensified its crackdown, detaining his son for questioning and launching a manhunt for his wife, Kalpana Kharat, who remains at large. According to news agency PTI, these developments follow the registration of an 11th FIR against Kharat, involving a high-value land fraud case in Shirdi. The accused, a former Merchant Navy officer popularly known as "Captain", is already in custo ...Read More >
Nashik: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is conducting a probe against rape accused self-styled 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 exploitation and two for cheating, have been registered against Kharat at Sarkarwada police station in Nashik, while the SIT has received more than 100 complaints over the phone against him. An SIT team reached Kh ...Read More >
Nashik, Apr 1 (PTI) The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is conducting a probe against rape accused self-styled 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 exploitation and two for cheating, have been registered against Kharat at Sarkarwada police station in Nashik, while the SIT has received more than 100 complaints over the phone against him. An SIT tea ...Read More >
Nashik, Mar 31 (PTI) The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is conducting a probe against rape-accused self-styled godman Ashok Kharat, on Tuesday detained his son from Nashik city for questioning, police said. At least 10 FIRs, eight for alleged sexual assault or exploitation and two for cheating, have been registered against Kharat at Sarkarwada police station in Nashik, while the SIT has received more than 100 complaints over phone against him. An SIT team reached Kharat's house locate ...Read More >
Mumbai, March 31: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into self-styled godman and astrologer Ashok Kharat has uncovered a sprawling sexual exploitation racket, with investigators estimating that more than 150 women were exploited. According to a report from The New Indian Express, the SIT conducted a raid on Kharat's Nashik office on Monday, March 30, seizing digital evidence that suggests a systematic abuse of power under the guise of spiritual and career guidance. During the search of Kh ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the sexual assault case involving godman and astrologer Ashok Kharat has found that the accused has allegedly exploited more than 150 women. The SIT on Monday visited Khara's office in Nasik and confiscated two laptops and a mobile. From the documents and other data retrieved from the devices, the police has found that the godman sexually exploited more than 150 women on the pretext of improving their lives and resolving their personal and ca ...Read More >
Devi said she met the victim's family, offered her condolences and assured them that every possible effort would be made to secure justice. "The brutality and murder of a 12-year-old innocent girl is extremely tragic, heartbreaking and a shame on humanity," Devi tweeted after meeting the victim's family on Sunday. "The culprits should be arrested at the earliest and given strict punishment so that such inhuman incidents are not repeated in future," the minister said. She also criticised the s ...Read More >
Nashik: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) and the forensic team on Monday once again carried out a thorough inspection at the office of self-styled "Captain" Ashok Kharat located at Canada Corner. Notably, some of the victim women were taken along during the investigation. During today's search, officials recovered and seized a medicine bottle, stones of various shapes and sizes, and several other items. All the materials have been taken into custody by the SIT for further examination. In t ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 30 (ANI): Actor Sayani Gupta has stepped into production with the launch of her banner Sayani Gupta Movies (SGM), with her directorial debut short film 'Aasmani' as its first project. After over a decade of working across films and streaming platforms, Sayani said the move towards production stems from her desire to be more deeply involved in storytelling. "It has been a long dream. I've been wanting tell a certain kind of stories and the idea is to be able ...Read More >
Ranchi/Hazaribag, Mar 30 (PTI) The Jharkhand High Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl at Bishnugarh in Hazaribag. The court also served a notice to the state administration and director general of police in this regard, an advocate said. A division bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Sanjay Prasad took note of the incident based on media reports. The girl had gone with her mother to watch the 'Mangla' procession, a rally ...Read More >
Mumbai, Mar 11 (PTI) Congress Legislature party leader Vijay Waddetiwar on Wednesday alleged irregularities in the allotment of MIDC land in Ahilyanagar to private companies, claiming that around 4,000 acres were being transferred to corporate entities at undervalued rates. The transfer of these lands, which were originally under the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), was being done by bypassing proper procedures and causing concern among farmers, he claimed in the assembly. ...Read More >
Mumbai: A sessions court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to Sheetal Garje Andhale and Ajay Garje, siblings of Anant Garje, personal assistant of state environment minister Pankaja Munde. Anant was recently arrested on the charge of abetment to suicide after his wife, Gauri (28), a dental surgeon at KEM Hospital, allegedly hanged herself at their Worli BDD chawl home on Nov 22.Advocate Mangesh Deshmukh, who represented Sheetal (36) and Ajay (29), said they are innocent and have been falsely i ...Read More >
A Special Investigation Team has filed a charge sheet in the Aland Assembly segment 'vote chori' case. Seven individuals, including a former BJP MLA and his son, are named. The case involves alleged efforts to remove thousands of voters' names. Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar highlighted a campaign against vote theft, with a protest rally planned in Delhi. The SIT which is probing the alleged 'vote chori' (vote theft)' in the Aland Assembly segment in 2023 Assembly elections in ...Read More >
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], November 20 (ANI): The Special Investigation Team on Thursday arrested former Travancore Devaswom Board president A Padmakumar in the Sabarimala gold theft case, officials said. He was the Devaswom Board president in 2019, when the gold theft took place. The arrest came after the SIT questioned him for several hours at the State Police Headquarters since this morning. Also Read | 5G Network Expansion: India Set To Cross 1 Million 5G Subscription by End of 2031, ...Read More >
The cousin of a woman doctor who allegedly died by suicide in Maharashtra's Satara has called for a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe, claiming that she had faced "immense political and police pressure" for over a year and was forced to falsify postmortem and fitness reports. Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational purposes only. Photograph: @BEEDPOLICE/X Speaking to ANI, the cousin of the deceased doctor claimed that she had been subjected to harassment for more ...Read More >
Beed (Maharashtra) [India], October 26 (ANI): The cousin of a woman doctor who allegedly died by suicide in Maharashtra's Satara has called for a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe, claiming that she had faced "immense political and police pressure" for over a year and was forced to falsify postmortem and fitness reports. Speaking to ANI, the cousin of the deceased doctor claimed that she had been subjected to harassment for more than a year and was being pressured to manipulate official re ...Read More >
Mangaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), tasked by the government to investigate claims of mass burials at the Dharmasthala temple complex, has summoned three activists -- Mahesh Shetty Thimarody, T. Jayanth, and Girish Mattannavar -- for questioning on Monday. Non-compliance will lead to arrest warrants, signalling a critical juncture in the inquiry into alleged evidence fabrication and perjury. The controversy erupted in August 2025 after Chinnaiah, a former temple sanitation worker ( ...Read More >
GUWAHATI, Oct. 24: The two-member delegation of Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Assam CID returned here after concluding their three-day visit to Singapore as a part of the ongoing probe into the mysterious death of legendary singer Zubeen Garg. Briefing mediapersons at the CID, Assam headquarters here on Friday, CID Special DGP Munna Prasad Gupta, who is heading the Special Investigation Team (SIT), said the delegation met the Indian High Commissioner in Singapore on October 21 and held di ...Read More >
6,018 such applications made ahead of the Karnataka 2023 elections in the Aland constituency -- won by the Congress -- were cited by Rahul Gandhi as example of "vote chori" For every fraudulent voter deletion submission made to the Election Commission in the Aland seat ahead of the 2023 Karnataka Assembly polls, a data centre operator was paid Rs 80, as per the Karnataka Police SIT probing the case. A total of 6,018 such applications were made between December 2022 and February 2023 in the seat ...Read More >
Investigations into the death of Indian singer Zubeen Garg, who drowned on September 19 off St John's Island in Singapore, may take up to three more months, Singapore police said. Garg, 52, was in Singapore as a cultural brand ambassador for the North East India Festival. Once investigations conclude, findings will be submitted to the State Coroner, who may decide on holding a Coroner's Inquiry. Investigations into the death of popular Indian singer and songwriter Zubeen Garg may take up to ano ...Read More >
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