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Delhi Police apprehended Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police person arrested self-styled 'godman' Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, accused of sexually harassing 17 women students and moving a web of fiscal fraud. He was traced to Agra aft weeks connected the run. Police allege the 62-year-old erstwhile president of a Delhi absorption institute exploited students from economically weaker sections (EWS) by confiscating their mobile phones and world certificates, leaving them incapable to complain.
“He marked students archetypal and asked them to deposit their phones truthful they could ‘focus connected studies’,” a person of 1 of the victims told PTI. “This created a consciousness of fear, arsenic each student’s vocation was locked there.”
Bail plea rejected
On Friday, a Delhi tribunal dismissed Saraswati’s anticipatory bail plea successful a lawsuit of cheating, forgery and conspiracy. Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur said custodial interrogation was indispensable to found the “entire concatenation of fraud” and noted that the accused was not traceable. Court documents picture however Saraswati allegedly created a fraudulent spot to divert funds and properties belonging to Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management Research and a Sringeri-based spiritual body.
Financial irregularities
Investigators said Saraswati opened aggregate slope accounts utilizing antithetic names and withdrew implicit ₹50 lakh aft an FIR was filed against him successful August. Police are examining the way of transactions linked to the alleged misappropriation of funds.
Pattern of intimidation
Complainants told constabulary that Saraswati and his aides threatened students with expulsion oregon nonaccomplishment if they resisted his advances. “Girls were often warned that their careers would beryllium destroyed if they opposed him,” 1 victim’s person alleged. The archetypal ailment was lodged successful March by a pupil nether the EWS quota, who said she was asked to wage an further Rs 60,000 oregon enactment astatine the institute without salary. Later, an Indian Air Force serviceman reported that respective women disclosed incidents of harassment during a virtual meeting. Police accidental further victims are present coming guardant arsenic the probe expands.
