HISAR: A local court in Tohana town of Fatehabad on Tuesday extended the police remand of godman Amarpuri alias Billa for another two days. Occultist Billa was arrested for allegedly raping 120 women and making their videos.
The accused was produced in the court on Tuesday after the end of the five-day remand in which police seized a
digital video recorder from his house in ward number 19 of Tohana.
Fatehabad deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Jagdish Kumar said someone handed over a CD to Tohana City police station incharge
Pradeep Kumar, which had 120 objectionable video clips of different women with Billa.
Based on that a case was registered against him under sections under sections 376 (rape), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), 292 (obscenity) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC and 67 of the
Information Technology (IT) Act on July 19.
It is alleged that the Billa repeatedly raped and blackmailed women by threatening to make the videos viral. Police are trying to contact the women raped and blackmailed by the accused. Sources said during the remand, police also contacted the godman’s family members to get some details about him.