Self-styled godman Ashok Kharat charged with case of extortion, Opposition demands strict action

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Opposition has rallied against the Mahayuti authorities successful Maharashtra aft much grounds emerged against self-styled godman Ashok Kharat and aft an objectionable video of Maharashtra Minister Narhari Zhirwal went viral, allegedly showing him successful a compromising presumption with a transgender. The Opposition has present demanded that the Minister beryllium sacked from the cabinet. Mr Zhirwal is the 2nd person from NCP aft Rupali Chakankar who has recovered himself surrounded successful a controversy. Ms Chakankar had to resign arsenic the main of Maharashtra women's sheet aft her sanction had emerged successful the Ashok Kharat matter.

More evidence

Another lawsuit has been registered against self-styled godman and intersexual battle accused Ashok Kharat, alleging cheating, instilling fearfulness of death, taking the full to 8 cases. 

A Pune-based businessman filed the lawsuit with the Sarkarwada Police Station connected Wednesday night. According to the ailment of businessman Rajendra Jasud, helium was manipulated and extorted by instilling fearfulness of death. He alleged that Kharat extorted wealth and overseas trips to 21 countries from 2018 to 2025 nether the guise of gaining divine powers to curb the sarpa dosh (death owed to snakebite) and bring success. 

According to police, the subsister funded the trips and made fiscal transactions, reasoning that helium would execute success, but that did not happen. The SIT, headed by IPS serviceman Tejaswi Satpute, is probing each cases, including battle cases, integer transactions, and tracking each fiscal transactions and spot holdings. 

On March 18, Kharat was arrested implicit rape charges by a pistillate accusing him of assaulting her for implicit a play of 3 years; thereafter, helium was besides accused of achromatic magic and quality sacrifice. The constabulary are investigating intersexual battle charges, portion the Income Tax section is probing fiscal trails. 

The Kharat occurrence has triggered governmental uproar successful Maharashtra. Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders demanded the resignation of Mahayuti enactment leaders associated with Kharat, including NCP person Rupali Chakankar, who aboriginal resigned. 

Calling Kharat arsenic Bhondubaba, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Harshvardhan Sapkal said, “Dozens of ministers and elder officials are progressive successful the Bhondubaba case, but the astir shameful happening is that the chairperson of the State Women’s Commission, Chakankar, had relations with Bhondubaba, who sexually exploits women. 

Minister Narhari Zirwal’s video

Mr. Sapkal besides pointed retired that aft Ms. Chakankar, the glory of NCP person and state’s Food and Drug Administration Minister Narhari Zirwal has travel to the fore, saying, “While Maharashtra has been embarrassed capable by the lewd acts of dozens of ministers successful the Mahayuti authorities who attended the immoral tribunal of Bhondubaba Ashok Kharat, the objectionable video of different curate is going viral connected societal media. Both incidents bespeak the motivation diminution of Maharashtra politics.” 

On Thursday, helium demanded NCP person and Food and Drug Administration Minister Narhari Zirwal’s resignation aft a video allegedly showing him with a transwoman successful a compromising presumption astatine his authoritative residence. 

“The objectionable video is not conscionable an isolated incident; it reflects the motivation diminution successful Maharashtra’s politics,” said Mr. Sapkal, adding that it is shocking to spot specified unethical behaviour of a nationalist typical successful whom radical person invested their religion and money. 

“Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis should present amusement Narhari Zirwal the mode retired of the furniture without immoderate delay,” helium added. 

Congress person Vijay Wadettiwar besides criticised the video but called it an result of interior struggle betwixt the allies of Mahayuti, saying, “This pack warfare wrong the allies is trying to chopped each other, which is not successful bully religion for the state.” 

He besides highlighted that a akin lawsuit is the 1 with Ashok Kharat, who exploited truthful galore women. 

Meanwhile, Social activistic Anjali Damania connected Thursday said, “Mr Zirwal should person been cautious of the residence helium was using; however, it is wide that the video was changeable with the volition to blackmail, hence it requires investigation. 

Sambhaji Brigade created a disturbance by asking for Ashok Kharat to beryllium changeable dead.

Published - March 27, 2026 09:48 americium IST

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