Overview

• Investigators took the accused to the Vasant Kunj institute to point out locations, questioned him in the so‑called “torture room,” and mapped CCTV access, with PTI reports saying some hostel-bathroom feeds were viewable on his phone.
• An aide, Hari Singh Kopkoti, was arrested in Uttarakhand for allegedly threatening a victim’s father to withdraw a complaint, and two women associates were detained and confronted with the accused.
• Police seized three phones, an iPad and fake UN/BRICS visiting cards, sent the devices to the Forensic Science Laboratory, and say the accused is giving evasive replies and withholding passwords.
• While absconding, he shifted through roughly 13–15 budget hotels and stayed at ashrams in Mathura and Vrindavan before being arrested in Agra after a Look Out Circular was issued.
• Parallel probes focus on multiple identities and finances, with two passports under scrutiny, around ₹8 crore frozen, the Sringeri Peetham distancing itself, and WhatsApp material indicating long-running abuse.