After hiding from the police for a long time, Swami Chaitananand Saraswati, a spiritual guru facing sexual harassment and fraud allegations, has finally been arrested from a hotel in Agra at 3:30 am on Sunday.
Swami Chaitanyanand Saraswati (also known as Parthasarathi), who was the director of Sri Sharda Institute of Indian Management-Rest in Delhi, hid when more than 17 students of the institute made serious allegations against him. These students were studying under the economically weaker section (EWS) scholarship. The students had accused them of abusing them, touching (unwanted physical contact) and sending porn messages.
Following these serious allegations, Shri Sringeri Math administration removed him from the post of director. In addition, the police also issued a look-out notice to prevent them from leaving the country.
Officials said that this 62 -year -old Swayambhu Baba was caught from Agra on the basis of a secret information. According to the FIR lodged with the police, he allegedly forced the girl students to come to their room late at night and sent them a wrong message. He is also accused that he kept an eye on the antics of the girl students through his phone.
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Anticipatory bail rejected in fraud case
On Friday, a Delhi court rejected Parthasarathy’s anticipatory bail plea in the case of financial irregularities. The case was registered on the basis of the complaint of Sringeri Math administration.
The Sringeri Math and the police also told the court that after the FIR was registered for embezzling the money, the Parthasarathi had run away with the money. He had also withdrawn about 55 lakh rupees from the bank and even got a fake passport made by different names.
An initial investigation in December 2024 was revealed that it had cheated and rigged properties and money related to Peetham (Sri Sringeri Math).
In 2010, Parthasarathy fraudulently formed another trust named Sri Sharda Institute of Indian Management Research Foundation Trust, while the AICTE -recognized trust was named only Sri Sharda Institute of Indian Management Research.
He is accused of embezzling assets and funds worth about 20 crores of Peetham, as all the earnings were deposited in the newly created trust account.