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Delhi Police connected Monday informed a metropolis tribunal that it has questioned 9 of the 16 women who alleged that they were molested by Chaitanyananda Saraswati, 62, a erstwhile manager of a backstage institute successful Vasant Kunj. Additional Sessions Judge Deepti Devesh was proceeding the bail plea of the accused, who was arrested connected September 28.
The tribunal posted the substance for further proceeding connected November 7 and directed the prosecution to taxable a presumption report.
The investigating serviceman (IO) informed the tribunal that the constabulary had approached each 16 victims, but 7 were not successful municipality to grounds their statements. “They would beryllium backmost by adjacent week, aft festival holidays, aft which they would beryllium examined,” the IO said.
While proceeding the bail plea of the accused, the court, connected October 13, observed that the gravity of the offence accrued manifold owed to the fig of victims.
According to constabulary complaints, Mr. Saraswati allegedly forced pistillate students to sojourn his quarters precocious astatine nighttime and sent them inappropriate messages astatine unusual hours. He is besides accused of monitoring the victims’ movements done his phone.
A constabulary probe revealed that the accused operated multiple slope accounts nether antithetic names and withdrew implicit ₹50 lakh aft the FIR was filed. The constabulary said helium had submitted documents with varying particulars to unfastened these accounts. Fake visiting cards claiming links to the United Nations and BRICS were besides recovered from him.
The Delhi constabulary arrested Mr. Saraswati connected September 28.
