Archive · 31 Oct 2025
U'khand HC Transfers Missing Priest Case to CBI After 8 Years
A special court in Uttarakhand decided that a big detective agency called the CBI should take over a case.
This case is about a religious leader named Mahant Mohandas, who vanished eight years ago.
He was traveling on a train from one city to another.
When the train stopped at a station, people went to give him food, but he was gone.
Detectives tried to find him for many years, but they couldn't figure out what happened.
The court was unhappy that no one could find him, so they asked the CBI to try their best to solve the mystery.
The court also told the local police to give all their old notes and information to the CBI.
The Uttarakhand High Court has transferred the investigation of a missing priest's disappearance to the CBI.
The priest, Mahant Mohandas, went missing eight years ago on September 16, 2017, while traveling by train.
The High Court cited the failure of state investigative agencies to find any trace of the priest despite years of investigation.
The court ordered the state government to hand over all existing investigation records to the CBI.
Mahant Mohandas was known for compiling a list of fake saints, and his organization had reported receiving threats after its compilation.
- Who
- The Uttarakhand High Court, Mahant Mohandas (a missing priest)
- What
- Transferred the investigation into the disappearance of a priest to the CBI
- When
- The order was announced on Wednesday, and the priest went missing eight years prior on September 16, 2017.
- Where
- Haridwar and Bhopal Railway Station
- Why
- The High Court expressed deep concern over the repeated failure of state investigative agencies to solve the case after eight years of inaction.
- Case Status
- Transferred to CBI
- Date of Order
- Wednesday
- Date of Disappearance
- September 16, 2017
- Missing Person
- Mahant Mohandas
- Location of Disappearance
- Bhopal Railway Station (while on a train from Haridwar to Mumbai)