Police quiz Daati Maharaj in rape case in Delhi

New Delhi: Self-styled godman Daati Maharaj, accused of raping a disciple in his ashrams here and in Rajasthan, was on Tuesday questioned by the Crime Branch, police said.

The godman came to the Crime Branch office in Chanakyapuri Tuesday morning and was questioned for close to two hours, they said.

In June, a Delhi Police team, accompanied by the rape victim had visited Maharaj's ashram in Pali, Rajasthan to gather evidence, but they failed to find him at the ashram.

The woman had filed the complaint against the godman, his three brothers and a woman at the Fatehpur Beri Police Station in south Delhi in June.