Amidst rumours that Kalki Bhagawan may have fled India like Vijay Mallya, here comes a statement from the self-styled godman himself.

"I am very much here in the country. Neither the I-T department nor the government is saying that I have fled the country," the Chittoor-based godman said days after I-T sleuths conducted raids on his and his associates' properties across the Telugu States, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

Last week, about Rs 93 Cr was reportedly found at his ashram. More importantly, unaccounted cash receipts to the tune of Rs 409 Cr starting from 2014-15 onwards were unearthed during the raids. Foreign currencies worth Rs 18 Cr, undisclosed gold worth R 26 Cr and about diamonds worth Rs 5 Cr were also found.

Following raids on him, news channels have been running special bulletins on how this ex-LIC agent had gone on to built an empire!