Amid an intensified probe into the Ashok Kharat case, Nashik police in Maharashtra have registered an FIR against another self-proclaimed godman for alleged sexual exploitation of a 28-year-old woman.

As reported by news agency PTI, the alleged crimes took place in 2024; the woman mustered courage after activists from the anti-superstition Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (ANS) counselled her. While the allegations initially seem extremely serious, the woman filed a complaint on Wednesday against Maheshgiri alias Mahesh Dilip Kakde (31).