Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Sunday sent the accused Partha Sarthy alias Chaitanyananda Saraswati to 5-day police custody. The self-styled ‘godman’ is accused of allegedly molesting female students pursuing PGDM courses under the EWS scholarship and forgery. He was apprehended from a hotel in Agra late last night by Delhi Police Crime Branch.
Saraswati had been absconding after the Delhi Police had registered a case against him under different sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). His car, with a fake UN number plate, was also impounded earlier. The statements of 32 girls were recorded, out of which 17 alleged “abusive language, obscene WhatsApp/SMS messages, and unwanted physical contact by him.” The victims were the students pursuing PGDM courses under the EWS scholarship at his private engineering institute in Delhi.
#WATCH | Delhi Police takes accused Partha Sarthy alias Chaityananda Saraswati from Patiala House Court after the court sent him to 5-day police custody
— ANI (@ANI) September 28, 2025
He is accused of allegedly molesting female students pursuing PGDM courses under the EWS scholarship and forgery. pic.twitter.com/cyVRNzssqd
A complaint was initially lodged against him on August 4, 2025, by the Administrator of Sri Sringeri Math & Its Properties, P.A. Murli. Additionally, there are allegations that some female faculty and administrative officials at the institute pressured the female students to comply with the accused’s demands. This is also mentioned in the return complaints, which said that these circumstances also led to mental and physical harassment of the female students.
Multiple raids were conducted at the institute and the accused’s residence. Meanwhile, the Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri, in a public statement made earlier, broke all ties with the accused.
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