India, March 23 -- The case against self-styled godman Ashok Kharat has expanded as three more women, including a staffer's pregnant wife, have alleged sexual assault and exploitation. Following these new accusations, authorities moved the interrogation in the case from the Nashik crime branch to an undisclosed location on Sunday.

According to the Sarkarwada police station, a 35-year-old staff member filed a complaint against Kharat on March 21, following which a First Information Report (FIR) was registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and Other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013.

Police said the complainant had been wo...