Thane court sends Kalicharan Maharaj in judicial custody in case over remarks against Mahatma Gandhi
Thane Jan 21 PTI A court in Maharashtras Thane city on Friday remanded controversial religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj in 14-day judicial custody in a case related to his alleged derogatory remarks against Mahatma GandhiLater in the evening he was taken to Chhattisgarh where the original offense has been registered and he would be kept in a jail in that state till his bail hearing his lawyers saidA team from the Naupada police station in Thane city had on Wednesday night arrested him from Chhattisgarh capital Raipur where he was lodged in jail in the original caseHe was brought here on Thursday evening on transit remand and presented in a court on Friday morningThanes judicial magistrate first class JMFC S V Metil Patil sent him in judicial custodyThere was heavy police deployment at the court when he was producedThe Naupada police arrested Kalicharan Maharaj after a case was registered against him based on a complaint lodged by NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Jitendra AwhadApart from the Chhattisgarh capital Kalicharan Maharaj is facing multiple cases in Maharashtra for the comments he made against Mahatma Gandhi during an event held in Raipur on December 26 2021On January 12 police in Maharashtras Wardha had arrested himHis lawyers P S Morval and Samruddhi Patil said his bail application will be heard on Monday PTI COR NP KRK KRK
Thane Jan 21 PTI A court in Maharashtras Thane city on Friday remanded controversial religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj in 14-day judicial custody in a case related to his alleged derogatory remarks against Mahatma GandhiLater in the evening he was taken to Chhattisgarh where the original offense has been registered and he would be kept in a jail in that state till his bail hearing his lawyers saidA team from the Naupada police station in Thane city had on Wednesday night arrested him from Chhattisgarh capital Raipur where he was lodged in jail in the original caseHe was brought here on Thursday evening on transit remand and presented in a court on Friday morningThanes judicial magistrate first class JMFC S V Metil Patil sent him in judicial custodyThere was heavy police deployment at the court when he was producedThe Naupada police arrested Kalicharan Maharaj after a case was registered against him based on a complaint lodged by NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Jitendra AwhadApart from the Chhattisgarh capital Kalicharan Maharaj is facing multiple cases in Maharashtra for the comments he made against Mahatma Gandhi during an event held in Raipur on December 26 2021On January 12 police in Maharashtras Wardha had arrested himHis lawyers P S Morval and Samruddhi Patil said his bail application will be heard on Monday PTI COR NP KRK KRK
