Lucknow: Two youngsters, Tanaya Thakur and Aritya Thakur, filed a report against self-proclaimed godman Nirmal Baba at a police station on Wednesday. They want the Baba punished for allegedly cheating ordinary people through his “impractical” solutions.

Tanaya, 16 and Aditya, 13 on Tuesday went to the Gomtinagar police station to get an FIR registered against Baba. The written report said Nirmal Baba cheats common people by claiming godly powers. The report says his activities fuel superstitious thoughts and are a “hindrance to modernistic thoughts”.

The children said these kind of solutions constitute the act of cheating under sections 417, 419 and 420 IPC and are a crime under section 508 IPC where Godly fear is used.

On Tuesday night, SO, Gomtinagar had refused to register the FIR. On Wednesday, the children went to the police station again. The SO received the application but has not registered FIR as yet. He has said that he would decide only after an enquiry.