New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, a self-proclaimed monk and chairman of a management college in Delhi, has been accused of molesting over 17 female students at the institute he headed. Police said on Wednesday that he is also involved in five other cases of cheating, forgery, and molestation, and has been on the run for more than a month.

Hailing from Odisha, Saraswati, also known as Dr Parthasarthy, later moved to Karnataka and joined the Sringeri Math, which eventually posted him to Vasant Kunj, Delhi. Online research pages describe him as a monk of the Sanatna Vedic Tradition of the Arsha Vidya Order, with expertise in the Prasthanatrayi-the three foundational texts of Hinduism. He is also a post-doctoral profess...