The case originated in December 2017 when a woman from Jagdalpur’s Bodhghat area registered a complaint against her husband, alleging that he had forcibly engaged in an unnatural sexual act against her will.
The accused then made a video of the incident and threatened to make it viral if the students filed a complaint.
Bishop Franco Mulakkal was on Friday arrested in Kochi after three consecutive days of interrogation by the state police.
Bishop Franco Mulakkal was accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a nun between 2014 and 2016.
According to officials, Noori used to target young married men from Nanded and Parbhani districts of Marathwada by claiming to possess divine powers.
On Tuesday, a five-judge Supreme Court bench had reserved its verdict on petitions seeking decriminalisation of Section 377.
