The vehicle was meant to be used by him for his visits to Palabhawani Ashram at Ganeshganj near here, but his monastery's priest Raghavanand had been misusing it, Lakhnadoun town inspector P S Balre told reporters.
The police said it had received a complaint that the vehicle meant for Dwarka and Sharda Peeth Shankracharya, Swami Swaroopanand, was being misused.