India, April 22 -- Pune/Nashik A fresh cheating case was registered on Monday against the arrested "godman" Ashok Kharat at Sinnar police station for allegedly opening 32 fake accounts at a cooperative credit society in Kundewadi village of Sinnar tehsil in Nashik district, police confirmed on Tuesday.

Police said Kharat allegedly opened the accounts between August 2016 and October 2023 and carried out transactions worth over Rs.57.9 lakh through them.

Narayan Ghotekar, one of the 32 persons in whose names the accounts were allegedly opened, filed a complaint against Kharat and the credit society's board of directors, manager, and staff.

Based on the complaint, Sinnar police registered a first information report (FIR) under relevant se...