POLICE from Maharashtra’s Thane city have arrested Hindu religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj in Chhattisgarh in connection with a case registered against him here for alleged derogatory remarks against Mahatma Gandhi, an official said on Thursday.

Apart from Chhattisgarh, Kalicharan Maharaj has been facing multiple cases in parts of Maharashtra in connection with the comments he had made against Mahatma Gandhi during an event held in the Chhattisgarh capital city on December 26 last year. Thane police arrested him from Raipur, where he was lodged in a jail in a similar case.

In Thane, the case against him over his remarks was registered after NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad lodged a complaint at

Naupada police station. The police official said that an eight-member team of the Naupada police station went to Raipur and arrested Kalicharan Maharaj.