Overview
- Police acted after a woman filed a complaint on June 16, and a special team raided the Wagholi/Ubale Nagar bungalow early on June 17, arresting 59‑year‑old Radhamohan Mishra and seven associates.
- Investigators registered an FIR that includes charges for sexual assault, cheating and offences under Maharashtra’s anti‑superstition law and provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- Officers seized large digital and physical evidence from the site, including multiple laptops, 19 hard drives, phones, pen drives, about Rs 6.5 lakh in cash and jewellery valued near Rs 15 lakh.
- The complainant alleges prolonged sexual, physical and psychological abuse over about 15 years, including electric shocks, forced urine consumption, blackmail with private videos and coerced property transfers.
- Police have sealed parts of the compound after finding a bunker‑style underground room and an escape tunnel, and they are forensically examining devices, questioning rescued women and tracing possible additional victims and assets.