India, April 3 -- A Nashik court on Thursday remanded self-styled godman Ashok Kharat to a week's police custody in a second sexual abuse case, alleging forced termination of pregnancy and sustained coercion. The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which arrested Kharat from Nashik Central Jail on Wednesday evening in another case, told the court that custodial interrogation was crucial to probe the abortion angle, source of pills and alleged threats to the survivor.

The court of chief judicial magistrate B N Icpurani granted the remand after the prosecution argued that the offences were serious and required detailed investigation. Kharat was already in magisterial custody in an earlier sexual abuse case registered on March 17.

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