A self-styled godman and former chairman of a private management institute in southwest Delhi, who has been booked for sexually harassing 17 students, allegedly tracked women through hostel CCTV feeds, including cameras installed outside washrooms and those across the campus, directly on his phone, police said on Thursday.

Chaitanyananda Saraswati (62) alias Swami Parthasarathy, a ‘sanchalak’ at Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management, is accused of using his BMW car valued at Rs 1.5 crore to take female students to Rishikesh under the pretext of “industrial visits”.

The car has been seized from the basement of the institute and police said its dashcam footage will be examined.

“Apart from the cameras installed in the institute, CCTV surveillance was also placed in the hostel lobby a

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