Gwalior: Mahamandaleshwar Niranjani Akhada and Spiritual Guru Vairagyanand Giri Maharaj known as Mirchi Baba was arrested from Gwalior on rape charges, said the police on Tuesday.
In a joint action by the Bhopal Police and Gwalior Crime Branch, Baba has been arrested from a hotel in city and has been handed to the Bhopal police, said Gwalior superintendent of police, Amit Sanghi.
Additional commissioner police (women safety) Richa Choubey told Free Press that on Monday late evening, a middle-aged woman filed a complaint to the Mahila police station accusing Mirchi Baba of raping her on the pretext of conceiving a child.
According to the statement of the victim, she had visited Baba in July to seek his blessings to have a child. She alleged that Baba raped her by feeding her intoxicating pills on the pretext of having a child, added the ACP.
The police have registered the case under section 376 of IPC.
