Gwalior: Swami Vairagyanand Giri alias Mirchi Baba, a former minister, has been arrested on rape charges. In a joint action by Bhopal Police and Gwalior Crime Branch, Mirchi Baba was arrested from a Gwalior Hotel on Tuesday morning.
Giri was arrested from Gwalior in connection with a case registered against him under section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code, and is being brought to Bhopal, additional commissioner of police (ACP) Richa Choubey said.
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A woman allegedly filed a rape complaint against 'Mirchi Baba'. According to sources, the victim had visited Baba to seek blessings to have a child. She alleged that Baba raped her by feeding her pills on the pretext of having a child.
Mirchi Baba came into the limelight in the Lok Sabha elections held in the year 2019 when he organised a havan of five quintals of red chillies for the victory of Digvijay Singh in the Lok Sabha elections.
