Vasai 'Baba' Exposed: Pune Woman Raped, Blackmailed by Fake Guru Rishikesh Vaidya

• A 35-year-old Pune woman exposed Rishikesh Vaidya, a self-proclaimed religious guru from Vasai, for rape and blackmail.
• Vaidya deceived the woman by claiming to be Lord Shankar and her Parvati, exploiting her religious beliefs.
• They met on Facebook in 2023; Vaidya drugged and assaulted her in a Manjari lodge, taking obscene photos for blackmail.
• The victim gained courage after the Nashik Kharat case and revealed the ordeal to her husband, leading to the complaint.
• Manickpur police registered a case, transferred to Hadapsar police; suspicions of more victims targeted by Vaidya.