SELF STYLED GODMAN , CHAITANYANANDA HARASSED 17 WOMEN

By Anshika Khera

Chaitanyananda Saraswati, the self-styled godman is accused of sexually harassing 17 women at a Delhi management institute. He changed 15 hotels in 50 days during the time he was on the run. According to police sources, Chaitanyananda would stay in cheap hotels with no CCTV cameras as he tried to evade the cops. His aides would choose his hotels, the sources said, adding that police are looking for these associates.

He is a 62 year old man who was arrested at a hotel in Agra early on Sunday and is now in police custody. Sources said he is not cooperating with the investigators and is not responding to questions properly. Chaitanyanand, the sources said, had been telling the cops that he was “feeling anxious” and that all allegations against him were baseless. He also claimed that he had forgotten the passwords to his phones and other digital devices. Three of his phones and an iPad have been sent to the forensic lab as part of the probe.

His sinister tale came to light when the management of Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management-Research in Delhi’s Vasant Kunj received a letter from an alumnus who wrote that Chaitanyananda had been sexually harassing students at the institute. The institute received this letter on July 31. After that the institute received an email from a Group Captain rank officer in the Directorate of Education in the Air Force. This email flagged complaints by several students, who accused Chaitanyananda of threatening them and sending offensive messages. The Air Force directorate intervened because many of the students at the institute came from families of Air Force personnel.