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A 29-year-old self-styled spiritual guru was arrested successful Uttar Pradesh's Mathura territory for allegedly sexually exploiting educated young women by luring them with promises of spiritual guidance and amended vocation prospects, constabulary said connected Tuesday (June 2, 2026).
The accused, identified arsenic Abhishek Mishra alias Adikarta Narayan Das (29), was arrested connected Monday (June 1, 2026) from his ashram-like residence successful Radha Kund.
Police besides rescued 2 young women and a antheral from the premises and handed them implicit to their families. The lawsuit came to airy aft a 22-year-old BSc Nursing pupil from Chhattisgarh lodged a ailment astatine Govardhan constabulary presumption connected May 25.
The pistillate alleged that Mr. Mishra offered her milk, claiming that it was a "prasad" and that it contained an intoxicating substance.
After drinking the milk, the pistillate said she mislaid consciousness and was allegedly raped by him, who past recorded obscene photographs and videos of her.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar Singh said the complainant had travel to Mathura to sojourn her elder sister, who was undergoing grooming with an lipid PSU institution and was associated with Mr. Mishra's spiritual group.
The accused allegedly threatened the unfortunate and aboriginal demanded ₹5 lakh, informing that helium would circulate her videos if she failed to pay.
Following her complaint, an FIR was registered nether applicable provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
During an investigation, constabulary recovered much than a twelve obscene photographs of antithetic men and women from the accused's mobile phone.
Police said that preliminary findings suggest Mr. Mishra utilized YouTube and different societal media platforms to present online discourses and pull followers.
Police fishy helium specifically targeted educated women, including engineers and professionals employed successful ample companies, earlier allegedly exploiting and blackmailing them.
Mr. Mishra, during interrogation, told constabulary that helium graduated successful Mechanical Engineering from IIT Roorkee astir 5 years agone and worked astatine a backstage institution with a wage bundle of ₹20 lakh per annum earlier moving to Mathura, wherever helium initially started successful rented premises and aboriginal purchased a location successful Radha Kund.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Suresh Chandra Rawat said ineligible proceedings are underway, and the accused has been sent to jail.
A elaborate probe into Mr. Mishra's inheritance and his victims is on, helium said.
