SIT to probe charges of rape against 'godman'
MUMBAI, March 20 -- Maharashtra government on Thursday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe allegations of rape against self-styled godman and numerologist Ashok Kharat, even as political pressure mounted on the Maharashtra State Commission for Women (MSCW) chairperson Rupali Chakankar to step down. Chakankar is a trustee of a trust headed by Kharat at Sinnar, in Nashik district.
The SIT will be led by senior IPS officer Tejaswi Satpute, commandant of the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF), Pune, who took charge of the investigation on Thursday.
The team has been tasked to conduct a comprehensive probe into a 27-year-old woman's allegations of repeated sexual assault on false promises by Kharat, who was arrested on Wednesday.
On Thursday, crime branch officials also raided his farmhouse at Mirgaon village in Sinnar and reportedly seized several documents and a pistol along with live cartridges....
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