New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- Days after self-styled godman Chaitanyanand Saraswati was arrested for sexually harassing 17 students at a private institute in Delhi, police recovered incriminating data from his mobile phone.

According to police sources quoted by news agency PTI, the chats show Saraswati, 62, allegedly tried to lure women with false promises. Police officers also found multiple photos of the accused with air hostesses and screenshots of display pictures taken from women's social media handles.

On Tuesday, police confronted Saraswati with two of his female aides. Delhi police said the godman had allegedly threatened the women to delete lewd messages sent by him. The two women are also being questioned as part of the probe, police...