Swami’ Chaitanyanand carried UN, BRICS visiting cards, called himself ‘Indian envoy’
Swami Chaitanyanand, accused of sexually harassing students, was arrested with fake UN and BRICS IDs. Police recovered WhatsApp chats, fake number plates, and CCTV tampering in a scandal spanning 16 years.
New Delhi: ‘Swami’ Chaitanyanand Saraswati, accused of sexually harassing several women students, forged visiting cards claiming affiliations with BRICS and the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), police found during interrogation.
On one of the accused’s visiting cards, he identified himself as a BRICS Commission Member and wrote “Special Envoy from India”. In the UN visiting card, he described himself as a “Permanent Ambassador”.
The police are continuing to interrogate Chaitanyanand.
Chaitanyanand was arrested from a hotel in Agra early on Sunday, police said.
The accused, also known as Partha Sarathy, director of the reputed Sri Sharda Institute of Indian Management in Delhi’s posh Vasant Kunj, is facing a criminal case for allegedly targeting female students enrolled in post-graduate management diploma courses under the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) scholarship category.
Officials reported that the ‘Swami’ fled on August 4, shortly after the institute received a complaint from the Indian Air Force headquarters accusing him of molesting female students.
According to investigators, Chaitanyanand would call female students to his room late at night and threaten to fail them or reduce their grades if they resisted his advances.
So far, police have recorded the statements of three wardens of the institute. All three are accused of helping Chaitanyanand delete incriminating messages.
WhatsApp chats recovered from the phones of around 50 women students at the institute have revealed details of abuse spanning 16 years, including sexually explicit text messages and incidents of forced physical contact.
Allegations have also surfaced about the deletion of CCTV footage, with the DVR now sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory for examination.
Seventeen women filed complaints at the Defence Colony Police Station in early August, accusing Chaitanyanand of harassing students.
Officials reported that the ‘Swami’ fled on August 4, shortly after the institute received a complaint from the Indian Air Force headquarters accusing him of molesting female students.
According to investigators, Chaitanyanand would call female students to his room late at night and threaten to fail them or reduce their grades if they resisted his advances.
So far, police have recorded the statements of three wardens of the institute. All three are accused of helping Chaitanyanand delete incriminating messages.
WhatsApp chats recovered from the phones of around 50 women students at the institute have revealed details of abuse spanning 16 years, including sexually explicit text messages and incidents of forced physical contact.
Allegations have also surfaced about the deletion of CCTV footage, with the DVR now sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory for examination.
Seventeen women filed complaints at the Defence Colony Police Station in early August, accusing Chaitanyanand of harassing students.
