In a major breakthrough, Delhi Police late Saturday night arrested Swami Chaitanyanand Saraswati, also known as Parthasarathi, the controversial head of the Shri Sharada Institute of Indian Management and Research in Vasant Kunj, in connection with multiple allegations of sexual harassment and financial fraud.
He was nabbed from a hotel in Agra, reportedly without any prior intimation to the local police.
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Swami Chaitanyanand had been on the run after being accused of sexually harassing several female students at the institute. His last known location was traced to Agra, prompting an intensive search by multiple Delhi Police teams.
According to investigators, Chaitanyanand lured students, particularly those from economically weaker sections (EWS), by offering promises of f