Spiritual Guru Arrested for Sexually Exploiting Followers in Mathura
L'essentiel
- A 30-year-old spiritual guru, Abhishek Mishra, alias Adikarta Narayan Das, has been arrested in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly luring and sexually exploiting young women.
- He used social media to attract followers and performed fake religious rituals, including 'Gandharva marriages', to establish physical relationships.
- A nursing student filed a complaint after being allegedly drugged and harassed.
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An IIT Roorkee graduate, Abhishek Mishra, moved to Mathura to become a spiritual guru. He used social media to attract followers and allegedly lured young women into his spiritual group for sexual exploitation under the guise of religious rituals.
An IIT Roorkee graduate, who previously worked at a private company in Delhi NCR before moving to Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, to become a self-styled spiritual guru, has been arrested for allegedly luring young women into a spiritual group and sexually exploiting them under the pretext of performing religious and social rituals.
Mathura (Rural) SP Suresh Chandra Rawat told TOI, “The accused, 30-year-old Abhishek Mishra, alias Adikarta Narayan Das, was arrested near Radha Kund in the Govardhan area on Monday night.”
Originally from Bhubaneswar, Mishra had been residing in Mathura for the past three years, having graduated five years ago.
According to the police, Mishra used YouTube and other social media platforms to deliver online discourses to attract followers, claiming his aim was to educate men and women.
Mishra allegedly targeted young men and women, gradually “brainwashing” his followers and encouraging them to enter into so-called ‘Gandharva marriages‘—a form of marriage that does not require formal ceremonies, witnesses, or exchange of sacred vows before a fire.
“He manipulated women associated with the group and established physical relationships with them,” DSP Anil Kumar said.
Probe into the matter began last month after a 22-year-old nursing student from Chhattisgarh filed a police complaint.
She alleged that she was “sexually harassed” by Mishra after he spiked milk served to her as ‘prashad’.
The incident occurred when the complainant came to visit her elder sister, who was undergoing training with a PSU and was associated with Mishra’s group.
The woman stated in her complaint that Mishra later demanded Rs 5 lakh, warning that he would circulate her videos if she failed to pay.
An FIR was registered at the Govardhan police station under BNS sections 64(1) (rape), 351 (criminal intimidation), and 75(2) (sexual harassment).
During investigation, police recovered more than a dozen obscene photographs of different men and women from the accused’s mobile phone.
Police stated that at least three women have been freed from his ashram.
Sources added that as many as six men and women signed a joint complaint letter against Mishra.
Questions ouvertes
- What is the full extent of the sexual exploitation?
- How many more victims are there?
- What led Mishra to become a spiritual guru?
- What is the status of the PSU training mentioned?
