Haryana Tantrik arrested for raping 120 women, making rape videos to blackmail victims

The Haryana Police on Friday arrested a tantrik named Baba Amarpuri for allegedly raping at least 120 women and making videos of sexual assaults.

According to the police, Baba Amarpuri alias Billu used rape videos to blackmail victims and rape them again.

The accused, whose real name is Amarveer, used to make videoshimself with his cellphone.

Police say "suspicious articles" have been seized from his house during a raid.

"We have filed a case and have started an investigation in the matter," the police added.

According to reports, 60-year-old Baba Amarpuri, locally known as Billu, reportedly used to rape women and make their video clips to blackmail them.

Baba Amarpuri has denied allegations saying, he's being "framed", say reports.

However, he is not the first time that a self-styled godman has sexually exploited women.

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the rape of two saadhvis at his ashram in Haryana's Sirsa.

Another godman Asaram Bapu, with a following that runs into lakhs, was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 16-year-old girl whose family brought her to visit his ashram in Jodhpur.

(With inputs from ANI)