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Thane: Wazir Sheikh alias Yusuf Baba and 6 others arrested for luring women through promises of ‘rain of money’ and blackmailing them with comprising...

OpIndia Staff - 2 March, 2024

Yusuf Baba used to talk about performing some rituals in the name of black magic. In this ritual, women would be asked to remove their clothes and get naked.

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‘John of God’: How the celebrity ‘faith healer’ once promoted by Oprah ended up with a 370-year prison sentence after 600 accusations of sexual...

Gopal Tiwari - 14 July, 2023

John of God is a self-styled Brazilian faith healer. His legacy of sexual crimes, abuse, deception, and child trafficking was unearthed in 2018.

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City of Newark says it was scammed into becoming a sister city with Kailasa: Here’s what we know about Swami Nityananda and his “nonexistent...

Gopal Tiwari - 15 March, 2023

The City of Newark recently admitted that it was scammed into becoming a sister city of Kailasa.

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Interpol issues Blue Corner Notice against absconding rape accused Swami Nithyananda on Gujarat police request

OpIndia Staff - 22 January, 2020

Interpol has issued a Blue Corner Notice seeking information about controversial self-styled godman Nithyananda

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Can’t form a nation by creating website: MEA confirms cancellation of Nityananda’s passport, comments on his bizarre claims

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2019

The rape-accused Swami Nityananda on his website claimed to have formed a new nation of his own called 'Kailaasa'

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Swami Nithyananda flees India after being booked for kidnapping and abusing minor girls

OpIndia Staff - 21 November, 2019

In June last year, a Karnataka court had framed charges against Swami Nithyananda in a rape case. Since then the self-styled godman has been untraceable

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Self-styled Godman Rampal sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of murder and wrongful confinement

OpIndia Staff - 16 October, 2018

Rampal was arrested in November 2014 after two weeks of violent clashed between police and thousands of his supporters.

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Read how Times of India turned godman ‘Asif Noori’ into a Hindu sadhu

OpIndia Staff - 23 July, 2018

This is not the first time Times of India has tried to show Hindu sadhus in a bad light

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Congress’ attempt to establish guilt by association between Modi and Asaram backfires

Jhankar Mohta - 25 April, 2018

If scoring self goals was an Olympic sport, Congress would have won gold

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