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Police Detain Aides, Probe Forgery as Chaitanyananda Is Interrogated in Custody

Investigators now focus on forged identities, seized CCTV data, a widening financial trail.

Overview

  • Delhi Police detained two women associates for questioning and are confronting them with the accused, who officers say is uncooperative and giving evasive answers.
  • On September 29, officers took him to the Vasant Kunj institute to recreate events, examined an alleged “torture room,” mapped CCTV positions, and sent DVRs and devices to the forensic lab.
  • Phones seized by police yielded chats with several women and photos, including selfies with air hostesses and screenshots of women’s profile pictures, which investigators say indicate predatory behaviour.
  • The case now includes probes into multiple identities, fake UN/BRICS visiting cards, and two passports, while one seized phone showed live access to campus and hostel CCTV feeds, including cameras outside hostel bathrooms, according to police.
  • Financial scrutiny has intensified with about Rs 8 crore in linked accounts frozen and assets tied to a reported Rs 122-crore trust under review, as police also arrested an aide accused of threatening a victim’s father.