Mumbai city police informed a division bench of Justice V M Kanade and Justice Shalini Phansalkar-Joshi of the Bombay High Court on 5th October 2015 that no evidence has been found disclosing violation of the Black Magic Act by self-styled godwoman Radhe Maa. As per a PTI report, the Mumbai Police has said that after recording of statements of the complainants, witnesses and the suspect and on the basis of searches conducted at the house of Sukhwinder Kaur alias Radhe Maa, it did not find evidence of violation of provisions of the Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act.
An affidavit was filed by the police before the high court in reply to a PIL by advocate Falguni Brahmbhatt seeking FIR against Radhe Maa alleging obscenity, and police inaction on her complaint.
The police also said that it has sent a letter dated August 26 to the office of the Charity Commissioner to ascertain the status of the trust run by Radhe Maa and to find out if there were any financial irregularities in its functioning. A letter has also been sent to the Income Tax department requesting it to look into the financial irregularities as the police does not have jurisdiction.
The High Court has adjourned the case for hearing after two weeks.
