Sarathi Baba (original) (raw)

Sarathi Baba or Srimad Sarathi Dev (father: Santosh Raul) is a self-proclaimed godman from Odisha, India, currently under investigation for fraud and cheater to people . On 4 August 2015, a TV channel, Prameya News7, ran a report of him being a charlatan. The channel claimed that he had stayed in a luxury hotel in Hyderabad with a young woman. The report also included images of him wearing a T-shirt and jeans. This triggered widespread protests in the state. He was arrested on 8 August 2015. As of September 2015, the state police is investigating various charges against him.