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Delhi Court Sends Chaitanyananda Saraswati to 14 Days’ Judicial Custody in Fake Diplomatic Plate Case

He remains jailed in a separate case alleging sexual harassment of students.

Overview

  • Judicial Magistrate Animesh Kumar ordered the two-week remand after the conclusion of one day of police custody on December 9.
  • Investigators allege he used a fake diplomatic number plate on his car in New Delhi.
  • He was arrested from Agra on September 27, according to police records reported by PTI.
  • In the separate case, he is accused of sexually harassing 16 students at a southwest Delhi management institute he formerly chaired.
  • Delhi Police have registered the number-plate case under Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita provisions for cheating and forgery, according to court proceedings reported Tuesday.