Pune: The Pune police arrested a 75-year-old self-proclaimed godman and his son for allegedly sexually abusing women disciples, filming them and then blackmailing them.

According to the police, the incident came to light after a 70-year-old woman, who has been following him for the past 15 years, filed a complaint at the Samarth police station. Police said the women thrashed the accused Nandakumar alias Bhau Vasant Bhagwat, 75, and his son Abhijeet alias Charu, 38, and brought them to the police station. They were later arrested.