On Wednesday, a court in Rahata, Ahilyanagar district, India, denied the anticipatory bail application of Kalpana Kharat, the wife of arrested self-styled godman Ashok Kharat. Kalpana had filed her plea on April 4, but additional sessions judge RS Gupta rejected it, prompting her counsel, PR Kolhe, to announce plans to approach the Bombay High Court for relief. The case stems from an FIR registered by the Shirdi police on March 31, following a complaint from 55-year-old farmer Raosaheb Gondkar. He accused the Kharat couple and their aides of fraudulently acquiring his four-acre land, valued at ₹10 crore (approximately $1.2 million USD). The prosecution revealed that Kalpana had signed two cheques totaling ₹81 lakh (approximately $97,000 USD) related to the transaction. Investigators also discovered nearly ₹7 crore (approximately $840,000 USD) in a bank account linked to Kalpana, raising suspicions of illegal money-lending activities. The police are actively seeking to apprehend Kalpana for further questioning.