Overview

• Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, also known as Parthasarathy, has been booked under BNS provisions after Delhi Police recorded statements from 32 PGDM students, with 17 alleging lewd messages, abusive language and unwanted physical contact.
• The accused remains on the run after withdrawing an anticipatory bail plea, with police tracing his last location near Agra and issuing lookout alerts while conducting raids across Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand.
• Investigators seized a Volvo bearing a forged '39 UN 1' diplomatic-style plate from the institute’s basement and registered a separate FIR for cheating and forgery.
• CCTV systems, NVRs, hard disks and phones have been impounded for forensic analysis, and 16 victims have deposed before a magistrate as police probe possible staff abetment and evidence tampering.
• Sringeri’s Sri Sharada Peetham has publicly severed ties with Chaitanyananda and lodged complaints, while the National Commission for Women has taken suo motu cognisance and sought a report.