India, Sept. 29 -- Self-styled 'godman' Chaitanyananda Saraswati, former chairman of Delhi's Sri Sharda Institute of Indian Management, accused of sexually harassing at least 17 women at the college, stayed in nearly 50 hotels during his time on the run to evade arrest.

Saraswati, 62, deliberately opted for low-cost lodgings without CCTV cameras to avoid detection, according to an NDTV report citing police sources. He was eventually apprehended in the early hours of Sunday at a hotel in Agra and is now in police custody.

His aides, who helped select the hotels, are also being traced.

Police sources said Saraswati is not cooperating with investigators, often claiming he feels anxious and insisting that all allegations against him are ba...