Pune,

28 June (HS): Police in Maharashtra's Pimpri Chinchwad detained a

self-proclaimed godman on Saturday for reportedly engaging in voyeurism and

black magic. The accused, Prasad Bhimrao Tamdar, owned an ashram in the Bavdhan

region and promised to provide astrological and spiritual answers, according to

an official. According to authorities, Tamdar reportedly persuaded persons

seeking his advice to download a mobile phone application that granted him

access to them and instructed them to engage in sexual actions with women,

including sex workers, while surreptitiously recording these acts on his phone.

A

senior police officer stated that the accused reportedly contacted people and

promised to address their issues. Once he had their trust, he asked them to

download an app named 'Air Dried Kid' and then acquired covert access to those

who used it.

Tamdar

reportedly encouraged his followers to engage in sexual actions with women,

including sex workers, and covertly recorded these acts on his phone, he said. The

police got four complaints against the accused, who defrauded individuals and

wanted money for his ashram, he said. The official stated that a complaint has

been filed against the accused under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and Maharashtra

Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice, Other Inhuman and Aghori

Practices, and Black Magic Act, 2013.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi