NCP leader Sunil Tatkare demanded fast-track trials and strict punishment, including death penalty, in the Ashok Kharat case. Meanwhile, CM Devendra Fadnavis ordered a probe into the CDR leak and confirmed an ED investigation into Kharat’s assets amid serious allegations
NCP leader Sunil Tatkare. File pic
Nationalist Congress Party leader Sunil Tatkare, on Sunday, while hinting about the investigation into the Ashok Kharat case, said that individuals with "perverse tendencies" must be tried in fast-track courts and, if warranted, should be given the death penalty.
While replying to queries on self-styled godman Ashok Kharat, who was arrested last month after a married woman accused him of raping her repeatedly over three years. The Raigad Lok Sabha MP said that the government should conduct a thorough investigation through the SIT and take stringent action against anyone found to have direct or indirect links to the issue.
Earlier a subsequent probe uncovered a host of crimes, including sexual assault and financial irregularities linked to the land and other properties of Ashok Kharat.
The NCP leader further asserted, "Individuals with perverse tendencies must be tried in fast-track courts and, if warranted, should be given the death penalty. Perverse behaviour should not merely be suppressed but dealt with decisively under the law," as cited by news agency PTI.
He was speaking to reporters after visiting Tuljabhavani Temple in Osmanabad district, some 400 kilometres from the metropolis.
CM Fadnavis orders probe into CDR leak in Ashok Kharat case
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said the CDR leak in the Ashok Kharat case will be probed. The CM further stated that 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. Damania further claimed that she received Kharat's CDR (Call Detail Records) on WhatsApp from an unknown number.
The Chief Minister further said, 'The leak of call data records (CDR) in the Ashok Kharat case will be probed, and strict action will be taken.' No one has the right to access call data records (CDRs); only authorised agencies may do so. How this data was leaked and by whom will be investigated by the state government, as per PTI.
ED to investigate Kharat’s assets
Expressing more on the Kharat case, Fadanavis said that the ED will investigate the antecedents of Kharat's assets.
Kharat was arrested earlier on March 18 for allegedly raping a woman for three years, with a subsequent probe uncovering a host of crimes, including sexual assault and financial irregularities linked to land and other properties, as reported by PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)
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