Overview
- A Nashik court, in a Friday hearing, remanded the self-styled godman to police custody until May 4 in a case that alleges he took over Rs 5 crore and a Mercedes from a Pune businessman.
- The Enforcement Directorate has asked a special court for a production warrant so it can arrest Kharat under the money-laundering law and question him on the flow of illicit funds and who benefited.
- The ED says more than Rs 70 crore moved through dozens of accounts opened with others’ documents at a cooperative credit society, a setup often called benami because the named holder is not the real owner of the money.
- Investigators say the funds were routed into real estate under family names, and they recovered property papers in April searches while reviewing who actually controls the assets.
- A Special Investigation Team is also probing multiple FIRs that include sexual exploitation claims, while ED inquiries now flag a developer tied to Kharat’s family ventures and report about Rs 60 lakh frozen in a linked account.