When Abhishek Mishra walked out of IIT Roorkee with a mechanical engineering degree and a high-paying corporate job, few could have predicted where his path would lead. Not to Silicon Valley. Not to a startup. But to a rented house in one of India’s holiest towns, where he allegedly spent three years exploiting vulnerable women under the mask of spirituality.
Mathura police arrested the 26-year-old on June 2, 2026, following a complaint filed by a 22-year-old nursing student from Chhattisgarh. What investigators uncovered after the arrest has shocked the country — a methodically built cult, a trail of alleged victims, and a man who allegedly used his elite academic pedigree to make people trust him.
From IIT Campus to Radha Kund Ashram
Mishra, originally from Bhubaneswar, Odisha, graduated from IIT Roorkee’s mechanical engineering program in 2021. He briefly held a job paying approximately ₹20 lakh annually — but walked away from it. He moved to Radha Kund, a sacred town near Mathura, adopted the spiritual name Aadikarta Narain Dass, and began preaching online through YouTube sermons and bhajan-kirtan groups. His IIT credentials gave him an air of authority that drew in educated followers. He eventually converted his rented accommodation into what he called an ashram.
A Calculated Targeting Strategy
This wasn’t random exploitation. Mishra allegedly targeted educated, professionally employed women — particularly B.Tech graduates at MNCs — using platforms like LinkedIn to identify them and positioning himself as a spiritual mentor. He would then draw women into his ashram circle and allegedly use a practice called Gandharva Vivah — informal consent-based unions rooted in ancient Hindu tradition — to psychologically bind them to him. Police say the entire setup was designed to make exploitation feel spiritually sanctioned.
The Night of May 15 — The Case That Broke It Open
The complaint came from a 22-year-old BSc Nursing student who traveled from Chhattisgarh on May 15 to visit her sister, who was living in a house owned by Mishra near Radha Kund. That evening, Mishra allegedly offered the victim a glass of milk presented as prasad. She fell unconscious shortly after drinking it. Police allege he sexually assaulted her, recorded the act, and threatened to kill her when she resisted.
The family initially stayed silent due to fear of social stigma. But when Mishra allegedly contacted the victim over video call demanding ₹5 lakh and threatening to circulate the recordings, the family filed a written complaint with the SSP on May 25. Mishra was arrested from his Radhakund residence on June 2.
What Police Found
Officers recovered over a dozen explicit photographs and videos from his phone, allegedly featuring multiple victims. Two young women and a young boy were found living on the premises and sent to a de-addiction facility — suggesting intoxicant use extended beyond the one documented incident. Mishra has been charged under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including provisions related to sexual assault, criminal intimidation, and extortion.
Investigation Ongoing
Mathura police have indicated that the scope of Mishra’s alleged crimes is still being fully mapped. With over a dozen objectionable recordings found on his device and three individuals removed from the premises during the arrest, authorities are treating this as a case with multiple potential victims, many of whom may not have come forward yet.
For now, the self-styled godman of Radha Kund sits behind bars — an IIT graduate whose choices led not to engineering labs or boardrooms, but to a police cell in Mathura.