India, Sept. 25 -- Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, a self-styled godman and "chairman" of a private management institute in southwest Delhi's Vasant Kunj, has been booked for sexually harassing more than 17 students of the institute run by the Sri Sharada Peetham in Karnataka's Sringeri.

Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, also known as Dr Parthasarthy, was booked after students of Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management filed a complaint in August, Hindustan Times reported. The suspect had been booked in similar cases in the past but had never been arrested, sources said.

Deputy commissioner of police (southwest) Amit Goel said the college administrator filed a complaint on August 4 alleging that Saraswati was sexually harassing women s...