India, June 11 -- AGRA Ashutosh Brahmachari, who had filed the sexual harassment case against Jyotirmath Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, took a U turn and alleged that he did so under pressure from Ramchandra Das, the mahant of Deva Ashram in Mathura and successor of Jagadguru Rambhadracharya.

In a purported video released on social media on Tuesday, Brahmachari said Das misled and pressured him into filing a fake complaint against the Shankaracharya, adding that several officers were also involved in the conspiracy.

"He (Das) ruined me, I was harassed and pressured. Why did he use me to do this?" Brahmachari said in the video, vowing to come up with evidence soon. "I have WhatsApp chat records, where he (Das) is tell...