Overview
- Devotees at the Chembur–Vashi Naka Kali Mata temple discovered the idol in Mother Mary–like attire, with a visitor’s video circulating widely on social media.
- RCF police registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for hurting religious sentiments and seized the altered garments before restoring the idol under supervision.
- The priest, identified as Ramesh (Ramesh Yogeshwar), told officers he acted on a dream instructing him to give the goddess the form of Mother Mary.
- He was arrested, remanded to two days of police custody, and, according to police and court proceedings reported locally, is now in judicial custody.
- Officials are probing whether others were involved after a devotee, Akash Singh, filed the FIR, as groups including the VHP and Bajrang Dal demanded stringent action.