India, Sept. 26 -- Self-styled godman Chaitanyananda Saraswati, booked for allegedly sexually harassing 17 female students of a private management institute in New Delhi's Vasant Kunj, had made it almost mandatory for students to attend his yoga classes, enforcing a 98 per cent attendance rule. Students were allegedly compelled to attend sessions even on holidays and during their internship period, an Indian Air Force group captain, posted at the Directorate of Education, Air HQ, had claimed in his email to the institution.

The students initially approached the Indian Air Force officer, who then brought the matter to the attention of the college's overseeing religious organisation, the Peetham, Hindustan Times reported.

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