Complaint filed in Nagpur against Bageshwar Baba over alleged remarks on Lord Krishna

Nagpur: Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, alias Bageshwar Baba, head of Bageshwar Dham, may face legal trouble. He is alleged to have made objectionable remarks about Lord Krishna, and a criminal complaint over these alleged controversial statements has been filed at Sitabuldi police station in Nagpur.

The complaint was lodged by Adv. Akshay Subhash Samarth, national general secretary of the Rajiv Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sangathan, who has demanded action in the matter. The complaint was thus filed by a national office-bearer of an organisation directly at a police station in Nagpur.

According to the complaint, a Shri Ram Katha was organised on October 29, 2026, at Karera in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh. During the event, Dhirendra Krishna Shastri allegedly made objectionable remarks about Lord Krishna, the complaint says.

The alleged remarks include the sentence "Our Ram is straight, your Krishna is crooked". The complaint also mentions alleged remarks on Lord Krishna's body language, his appearance, his flute-playing and his divine leelas.

Adv. Samarth said Lord Krishna is the centre of the faith and devotion of crores of devotees. In such a situation, he said, such alleged remarks about his form and divine leelas hurt religious sentiments.

The complaint records one more point. It says a video of the event was broadcast on news channels and other television channels and is also available on social media. The complaint thus states that the alleged statements at the event reached the public through many media.

Adv. Samarth has demanded action under Sections 299 and 302 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The demand is the complainant's, and the allegations made have not yet reached any conclusion. All the allegations against Dhirendra Krishna Shastri are alleged.

Pramod Narad, Ishan Vasu, Shubham Khavshi, Sunil Dhole, Babulal Sahu, Kanchan Warade, Vijay Kuryavanshi, Abhay Randive, Rajendra Jangade, Suraj Sharma, Komal Kashte and Dhanashri Banarase were among many citizens present when the complaint was filed.