The Bhagwatacharya, an artist and a multi-faceted personality, is accused of producing a blue film with his wife and other family members, against the backdrop of Vrindavan ghats, the holy shrines, the Yamuna river, the paintings of the gods etc.

 Clips of the film are doing rounds all over Vrindavan and Mathura, while the CD appears to have been commercially marketed, according to sources.

 On Wednesday his wife filed a complaint in Mathura against the IT firm which has been charged with leaking out the contents from the laptop of the Bhagwatacharya who had given it for repair. She told the police that `10 lakh was allegedly demanded before the release of the objectionable footage.

 The Mathura police has registered an FIR under the IT Act.

 The dharmacharyas of Vrindavan are agitated. They have denounced the Kathavachak who they say has disgraced the holy city. Groups of agitated youngsters have been demanding action against him and burning his effigy.

 "This man comes from a decent family of karmakandi pandits who have a long standing," says a panda of Vrindavan, not wanting to be identified.

 The accused has disappeared from Vrindavan and is not available for comments. But he has become the talk of the town already and almost "everyone has seen the clip."

The local media has given prominent coverage with Dainik Jagran using the report as its first lead today, titled "Kanha teri Kalindi ho gayee maili".

According to an activist in Vrindavan "the film has some children, a few foreigners, also his relatives. For all you know it could be part of a big racket of pediaphiles, because the clips are available on a paid website. The activity is going on for the past four years and has only now come to light."

A complaint has been registered in Vrindavan police station and the case is being investigated by Deputy SP Vivek Tripathi, according to SSP Bhanu Bhaskar.

Legal experts say "if a person makes a blue film for his personal pleasure, it would be difficult to take any action against him until it is proved that the product has been marketed or circulated."

It is more a moral problem, one of cultural degeneration in Vrindavan which has been badly mauled by pseudo devotees from the west, says a functionary of a voluntary agency in Vrindavan.