India, May 29 -- Shirdi police on Thursday filed a chargesheet against arrested self-styled godman Ashok Kharat and his two aides, Kiran Sonewane and Arvind Bawke, in connection with an alleged cheating and land-grabbing case.

The 1,000-page chargesheet was submitted to the Judicial Magistrate First Class court in Rahata. The chargesheet invokes sections 316(2) (criminal breach of trust) and 318(2) (cheating) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with provisions related to money lending without a valid licence under the Maharashtra Money Lending Act, 2014.

Investigating officer Nivant Jadhav told HT that the chargesheet details how the three accused allegedly cheated a local farmer from Shirdi, Raosaheb Gondkar, and fraudulently a...