Godman used hostel CCTV feed on phone to track women students: Cops

A godman and former chief of a private management institute in Vasant Kunj, who has been booked for sexually harassing 17 students, allegedly tracked women through hostel CCTV feeds, including cameras installed outside washrooms and those across the campus, directly on his phone, police said.

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Chaitanyananda Saraswati (62) alias Swami Parthasarathy, a 'sanchalak' at the Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management, is accused of using his BMW car valued at ₹1.5 crore to take female students to Rishikesh under the pretext of "industrial visits".

The car has been seized from the basement of the institute and police said its dashcam footage will be examined.

"Apart from the cameras installed, CCTV surveillance was also placed in the hostel lobby and outside the bathrooms.

The hostel lodges around 75 female students from the economically weaker section.