For families caught in the Nashik sexual exploitation case, the ordeal has not ended with the arrest of ‘godman’ Ashok Kumar Eknath Kharat. Our lives are at stake now.”These videos are also silencing potential witnesses, actively obstructing the police investigation in the case. Family members of at least three victims told The Indian Express that their daily lives have been upended with constant anxiety. Kharat, arrested on March 18 in a sexual assault case, was produced before Joint Civil Judge and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate M V Bharade. The anguish sits uneasily alongside the anger families say they are also carrying.

Source: Indian Express March 30, 2026 09:09 UTC