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    Ashokkumar Kharat, who police say is a school dropout, allegedly manipulated women and men to build financial assets and political clout over two decades in Nashik. When the Maharashtra police arrested him on charges of rape and fraud, he had come to be known as Captain Kharat, claiming to have worked in the merchant navy in the past. Vinaya Deshpande Pandit speaks to victims, who tell tales of sexual exploitation, financial fraud, and so-called occult practices
     

Ashok Kharat case: Oshnology and other deceptions of a godman

25 April 2026 at 19:52
Ashokkumar Kharat, who police say is a school dropout, allegedly manipulated women and men to build financial assets and political clout over two decades in Nashik. When the Maharashtra police arrested him on charges of rape and fraud, he had come to be known as Captain Kharat, claiming to have worked in the merchant navy in the past. Vinaya Deshpande Pandit speaks to victims, who tell tales of sexual exploitation, financial fraud, and so-called occult practices

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