Overview
- Kharat, who was already in judicial custody in the first case, was remanded Thursday to SIT custody till April 8 in a second rape case held over video link.
- The new case alleges repeated exploitation since 2020, threats to the survivor’s children, and a pregnancy ended after he gave her pills, which investigators now aim to trace.
- The SIT has questioned city doctors over abortion pills as part of a wider probe into claims that he used sedatives disguised as ritual remedies.
- Parallel inquiries track alleged cheating and land fraud, with two arrests in Shirdi and a lookout notice issued to trace his absconding wife, Kalpana.
- Police say financial records show more than 130 cooperative‑society accounts and about ₹63 crore in transactions, and they expect the Enforcement Directorate to examine possible money laundering, while 170 leaked videos tied to the case have been taken down after causing harassment and scaring off witnesses.