Kalicharan Maharaj held by Thane cops

Thane: The police have arrested Kalicharan Maharaj from Raipur in an offence registered against him over alleged objectionable remarks on Mahatma Gandhi.
“A team took custody of Kalicharan from Raipur, where he was in judicial custody in a similar case and following the legal procedure of getting the transfer warrant, a team of nine police officials took him into custody late on Wednesday from Raipur jail and were in transit to Thane city,” an officer said.
He will be produced in the court here, said the officer.
There is heavy bandobast at the Naupada police station, where both the local police and the paramilitary force have been deployed.
Kalicharan Maharaj had during his discourse made remarks about Gandhiji.
Housing minister Jitendra Awhad registered a case against him and five others here. Kalicharan Maharaj was booked under various sections of the IPC, including Section 295 A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), Section 298 (uttering words etc with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person), and Section 506 (intimidation).