Delhi Court Sends Chaityananda To 5-Day Police Remand Over Molestation

Patiala House Court on Sunday sent Partha Sarthy, also known as Chaityananda Saraswati, to five days of police remand in connection with allegations of molestation and forgery involving female PGDM students under the EWS scholarship scheme.

Earlier on Sunday, Chaitanyanand was produced before the Patiala House Court, after the police arrested him from an Agra hotel earlier in the day.  

The accused, also known as Partha Sarathy, director of the reputed Sri Sharda Institute of Indian Management in Delhi’s posh Vasant Kunj, is facing a criminal case for allegedly targeting female students enrolled in post-graduate management diploma courses under the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) scholarship category.

The officials reported that the ‘Swami’ fled on August 4, shortly after the institute received a complaint from the Indian Air Force headquarters accusing him of molesting female students.

According to investigators, Chaitanyananda would call female students to his room late at night and threaten to fail them or reduce their grades if they resisted his advances.

So far, police have recorded the statements of three wardens of the institute. All three are accused of helping Chaitanyananda delete incriminating messages.