Overview

• Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, a sanchalak at Sri Sharada Institute in Vasant Kunj, remains absconding, with police citing a last known travel trace to Mumbai after earlier leads near Agra.
• Police have registered separate FIRs for sexual harassment, insult to modesty and criminal intimidation under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and for a seized Volvo bearing forged UN number plates.
• Statements from 32 PGDM students were recorded, with 17 alleging obscene messages, threats and unwanted contact that disproportionately targeted EWS scholarship holders.
• Three women staffers named as co-accused allegedly pressured students and deleted WhatsApp messages, while DVRs, NVRs and phones have been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory for analysis.
• The National Commission for Women has sought a detailed report, and the Sringeri Sharada Peetham has publicly severed ties as the institute’s governing council pledges student welfare during the probe.