Delhi Baba accused of sexually assaulting 17 women, arrested from Agra
The First Information Report (FIR) states that the institute initially received a letter from an alumnus alleging sexual harassment of students.
PTC News Desk: A self-proclaimed ‘godman’ accused of sexually harassing 17 women at a Delhi ashram has been arrested in Agra. Identified as Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati—also known as Partha Sarathy—he posed as the ‘director’ of the Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management, a private institute in Delhi’s upscale Vasant Kunj. Complaints against him include verbal abuse, sending obscene text messages, and unwanted physical advances.
Chaitanyananda was taken into custody around 3:30 am from Hotel First in Agra’s Taj Ganj area, after evading arrest for 50 days. He had fled on August 4, shortly after the institute received a complaint forwarded from the Air Force headquarters.
The First Information Report (FIR) states that the institute initially received a letter from an alumnus alleging sexual harassment of students. The following day, a Group Captain from the Air Force Directorate of Education emailed the institute with further complaints, accusing the ‘Baba’ of intimidation and vulgar messaging. The Air Force intervened because many students at the institute were children of Air Force personnel.
In early August, 17 women filed a collective complaint at Defence Colony Police Station, accusing the so-called godman of harassing post-graduate management diploma students enrolled under the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) scholarship category.