India, June 29 -- The Bavdhan police have arrested a self-proclaimed godman claiming to possess "divine powers" after a real estate developer from Sus area filed a complaint against him, alleging mental harassment, surveillance, and extortion, police said on Saturday.

The accused has been identified as Prasad Dada alias Baba alias Prasad Bhimrao Tamdar, 29, of Sus Gaon. According to the police, Tamdar manipulated the complainant by claiming to have undergone a "spiritual awakening" to remove the latter's obstacles in life.

As per the FIR, the accused secretly installed a hidden app called AirDroid Kid on the victim's mobile phone without his knowledge and used the surveillance data to exert psychological control. Using this access, Tamd...