Kalicharan Maharaj was detained at Khajuraho for making disparaging remarks about Mahatma Gandhi.

Kalicharan Maharaj was detained by the Raipur Police for disparaging Mahatma Gandhi and praising Nathuram Godse for assassinating the nation's father. In Khajuraho, he was apprehended.

Prashant Agarwal, the Raipur SP, stated, "Kalicharan Maharaj was residing in a rented room near Bageshwar Dham in Madhya Pradesh, some 25 kilometres from Khajuraho. 

He was apprehended by Raipur Police at 4 a.m. today. The police squad would arrive in Raipur with the accused by late evening." 

On the allegation of former Raipur mayor Pramod Dubey, a FIR was filed against Kalicharan Maharaj at Tikrapara police station in Raipur. 

Sections 505(2) [Statements generating or promoting enmity, animosity, or ill will amongst classes] and 294 [obscene act in any public place] of the IPC have been filed against Kalicharan. 

Kalicharan Maharaj claimed on Sunday at the Dharam Sansad held at Ravan Bhata venue in Raipur that "the purpose of Islam is to seize the nation through politics." 

"I admire Nathuram Godse for killing Gandhi," he added.