Mumbai : Snubbed, self-proclaimed sage allegedly sent slandering e-mails to employers of woman he loved after hacking her company's website from a remote village
Love and rejection in the Information Age can spawn freak tales of vendetta, specially when there is a spiritual guru involved.
The Taloja police arrested self-styled spiritual guru Rahul Ramkumar Sachan from a non-descript village on the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan
Spurned by a woman he met at an ashram, a jilted hermit popular among his disciples as Laptop Baba for being computer savvy became a nerd to avenge the rebuff. He allegedly hacked the website of the company the woman works for and sent e-mails to her employers, maligning her.
Last week, the Taloja police arrested self-styled spiritual guru Rahul Ramkumar Sachan from a non-descript village on the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan, after a city-based business executive filed an FIR against him, accusing him of sending lewd e-mails to her and her employers.
He was booked under Sections 345 and 509 of the IPC and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000. He is in judicial custody.
The rebuff
Sachan's is a story of love in the Internet era gone awry. He fell for a 29-year-old executive from Taloja in 2008, during his stint in a renowned ashram in Pune, said investigating officer, Inspector Avinash Patil of the Taloja police station. "He was later known as Laptop Baba for his computer prowess," Patil said.
During investigations, cops learnt that Sachan was a native of Dilshad Garden, New Delhi. He came to settle in Pune in 1998 and started working at the ashram where, 10 years later, he was to meet the woman.
"Sachan approached the girl's family and expressed his desire to marry her. However, the wealthy family members turned down the proposal saying they could not have their daughter marry a spiritual guru," said Patil.
Reclusive geek
Dismayed, Sachan migrated to a remote hamlet, 4 BBA Gaon, on the Indo-Pak border, in early 2009, and founded an ashram under the banner of Sita Ram Kutia. The same year, one of his disciples at the ashram presented him with a laptop.
Sachan gained Internet access on the laptop with the help of a data card and soon acquired the nickname 'Laptop Baba' in the neighbouring villages, cops said, thanks to his knack for geeky things.
The revenge
According to the FIR filed on March 12, Sachan began harassing the woman six months ago by sending her obscene e-mails. Initially the victim ignored the mails as personal enmity, but resorted to police action when Sachan hacked the website of the victim's company located at Taloja.
"After compromising the company's portal, he extracted e-mail ids of its top officials, and sent mails to the general manager and managing director, stating that their employee was involved in sexual relationships with 18 men.
Sachan even boasted of his own physical relationship with her in the mails, and claimed that one day, she was caught in a hotel in Pune in a compromising situation," Patil said.
Endgame
Sleuths are surprised with his computer expertise, and are wondering where he acquired the know-how to hack websites. "We are investigating how he learned the technical skills required for hacking," said Patil.
When the victim, fed up with the smear tactic, registered the FIR, a police team headed by Inspector Patil was dispatched to Rajasthan to hunt down the accused.
After three days of search, on March 15, cops caught him, and he was brought to Mumbai on March 18. He was produced in court yesterday and was remanded in judicial custody.
"Sachan was famous as Laptop Baba in nearby areas. He is very savvy in computer skills. We are verifying if he had used the laptop for harassing other girls," said Patil.
Other Sex Babas
Mehendi Kasam Jainul Abdin Shaikh, alias Bengali Baba, who lived in Mariam Building in Bhindi Bazar, was arrested for having duped and forced a married woman, her sister and two daughters, and their house keeper to have sexual intercourse with him over a period of one year. He had many other victims other than the family, and cops recovered Rs 1.1 crore from his house.
Shiv Murti Dwivedi alias Ichchadhari Sant Swami Bhimanand Ji Maharaj Chitrakoot wale was arrested in February 2010. The Delhi police received a tip-off that a high-class sex racket was flourishing in Saket in south Delhi.
A cop was sent as a decoy customer to strike a deal with the pimps, following which Dwivedi was arrested with six girls, including two former air hostesses and two students.
The police also recovered six red diaries ” three related to his spiritual centres and three dealing with his illegal activities.
Dwivedi has been charged in four cases under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act
ARRESTED
The Baba has been booked under Sections 345 and 509 of the IPC and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
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