New Delhi: A Delhi court today heard that ‘godman’ Parthasarathy, accused of sexual assault and fraud, and who the police have been looking for since July, was abroad even when the first FIR was filed against him on 23 July.

The lawyer of Chaitanyananda Saraswati, former chairman and managing director of the Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management-Research, who has been accused of sexual assault by 17 students, said in court: “Since 19 July, he has not been in India. In his absence, all these FIRs are recorded.”

The court was hearing an anticipatory bail application moved by Chaitanyananda aka Parthasarathy. Dismissing the plea, Additional Sessions Judge Harpreet Kaur observed: “Section 316(5) BNS is also invoked in the present case on finding that applicant/accused got involved in c

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