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A Special PMLA Court successful Mumbai connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026) remanded self-styled godman Ashok Kharat to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) till May 26 successful transportation with an alleged ₹70 crore wealth laundering case.
Kharat, already facing rape and fraud charges, was produced earlier the tribunal aft the ED arrested him successful the wealth laundering lawsuit connected Tuesday (May 19).
The cardinal probe bureau sought his custody for 10 days for a elaborate investigation.
The ED filed the lawsuit against Kharat nether the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) connected April 6, taking cognisance of a Nashik Police FIR filed against him connected charges of extortion, spiritual manipulation, and drug-facilitated battle connected aggregate women victims.
Kharat besides faces aggregate FIRs related to rape and intersexual exploitation of women. He was arrested by the Nashik Police successful northbound Maharashtra connected March 18 aft a joined pistillate accused him of repeatedly raping her implicit 3 years.
The fiscal transgression probe bureau has accused Kharat of orchestrating a monolithic extortion racket and laundering implicit ₹70 crore done a web of 'benami' slope accounts.
'Benami' slope accounts are those held successful 1 person's name, portion the wealth is provided oregon legally owned by different individual.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) is conducting a probe into 12 cases of intersexual exploitation and fiscal fraud registered against the Kharat successful Nashik and Ahilyanagar districts.
Earlier, helium was nether judicial custody successful Nashik and brought to Mumbai connected accumulation remand.
