Pune, June 18 -- The Crime Branch Unit of Pune City Police have arrested a 59-year-old self-styled godman, Radhamohan Mishra and seven of his associates - six women and one man in Wagholi's Ubale Nagar area, officials said. The accused face severe charges for sexually exploiting, extorting, and torturing a woman over several years

According to police, a case has been registered at Kharadi Police Station under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act.

Police said the action was initiated following a complaint lodged by a woman, who alleged that Mishra manipulated her family for several years by c...