Russian cult leader who claims he is the reincarnation of Jesus is detained by special forces in Siberia

Former traffic cop who now leads a sect in Siberia, claiming he is Jesus Christ, has been detained.

Russian special forces in the early hours of today, September 22, staged a special operation to detain him, Daily Mail reports.

Sergei Torop - known as Vissarion - and his closest aide Vadim Redkin, a former rock musician, were reportedly detained and flown away under armed guard. 

Torop, 59, is a former Red Army conscript and traffic policeman who claimed he was reborn in 1990 as the literal reincarnation of the son of God.  

Russian agents carried out a large military-style operation with four helicopters and dozens of heavily armed troops storming the remote compound called Sun City. 

The operation appeared to involve the Russian National Guard, a force under the command of Vladimir Putin but also involved the FSB security service. 

The Russian Investigative Committee said the sect was being probed for using "psychological violence" causing some followers "serious harm to their health."

Sergey Torop and two other sect leaders Vadim Redkin and Vladimir Vedernikov were detained in the raid, said a statement.

They are also being investigated on suspicion of "causing grievous bodily harm to two or more persons."

Footage showed masked special forces with combat machine guns at the group's territory in the remote Kuraginsky district of the Krasnoyarsk region in Siberia.

Torop, 59, is a former Red Army conscript and traffic policeman who claimed he was reborn in 1990 as the literal reincarnation of the son of God.  

Russian agents carried out a large military-style operation with four helicopters and dozens of heavily armed troops storming the remote compound called Sun City. 

The operation appeared to involve the Russian National Guard, a force under the command of Vladimir Putin but also involved the FSB security service. 

The Russian Investigative Committee said the sect was being probed for using "psychological violence" causing some followers "serious harm to their health."

Sergey Torop and two other sect leaders Vadim Redkin and Vladimir Vedernikov were detained in the raid, said a statement.

They are also being investigated on suspicion of "causing grievous bodily harm to two or more persons."

Footage showed masked special forces with combat machine guns at the group's territory in the remote Kuraginsky district of Krasnoyarsk region in Siberia.

Torop had an awakening after he was fired as a night shift traffic cop in the Siberian town of Minusinsk, he has claimed.

God had sent him to Earth to teach mankind about the evils of war and the havoc we were wreaking on the environment, he claimed.

The cult leader abolished Christmas, replacing it with the anniversary of the date of his own first sermon, August 18.

He claims that Mary, mother of Jesus, is his own mother. Official records show his biological mother was called Nadyezhda.