Sadhu kartik maharaj case: Padma Shri in West Bengal and Bharat Sevashram Sangh chief Swami Pradeeptikanand alias Karthik Maharaj in Beldanga has made serious allegations by a woman. The woman says that Kartik Maharaj sexually abused her by promising to get a job in a government school.
The woman lodged a complaint at Nabagram police station on Thursday (26 June 2025). However, Karthik Maharaj refused to comment on this and asked to interrogate his legal team. BJP state president Sukant Mazumdar questioned the timing of the complaint and alleged that there was a conspiracy to trap him.
According to the complaint, the victim and Karthik Maharaj met in December 2012, when they promised him to get a job in Chanak Adivasi Residential Girls School. From January 2013, the victim was kept in the hostel, and from that time her sexual abuse started. According to the victim, the accused also reiterated the crime in other branches of the ashram. Made a false promise to get a job and kept it silent.
What did Karthik Maharaj say on this charge?
The victim woman claimed that Maharaj called her to meet and when she arrived, two unknown people threatened, abused her and threw it on the road. Maharaj has described a conspiracy to discredit these allegations. He said, “We respect our women disciples like a mother.
Political ruckus on gang rape in Kolkata Law College
The echo of this case has happened at a time when the case of gang rape with a student in Law College of Kolkata was already in the media headlines. Four arrests have been made in this case, and the picture of the main accused with Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee went viral, which gave the BJP a chance to attack.