Chilling details about the illicit activities of alleged ‘godman’ Virendra Dev Dikshit, who has been accused of running a sex racket and human trafficking, are coming out as the authorities continue raids at all of his ashrams spread in the national capital.
It has now come to light that ‘Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya’ – the controversial ashram run by the godman – was an unregistered society.
The Delhi High Court was on Friday told that the Rohini center of the godman did not have any legal status following which the bench comprising Justice Geeta Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar gave the order for the inspection of all of his ashrams.
Among several startling findings made by the authorities, one claims that the devotees of the alleged godman were asked to sign affidavits similar to now-jailed Gurmeet Ram Rahim, stating that there was no pressure on them and that they have given themselves to the ashram out of their wish.
The Delhi Police officials, who raided the ashram, found barbed wire along the boundary walls, metal doors at every interval and several sacks filled with syringes and medicines.
Close to a hundred women, cut off from their families and the outside world, were found to living miserably in tiny cubicles of the Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya ashram in Rohini.
The ashram, operating for the past 25 years in Rohini’s Vijay Vihar, is now at the center of allegations of sexual assault, illegal confinement of women and men, use of narcotic substances to allegedly keep the women confined inside the premises.
The NGO had, in its petition, maintained that several minors and women were allegedly being illegally confined at the “spiritual university”.
The Delhi High Court had yesterday sought details about all eight ashrams of alleged ‘godman’ Virendra Dev Dikshit, who has been accused of sexual assault and forced confinement of minor girls. The court also indicated that a warrant would be issued against Virender Dev Dikshit, the head of the ashram if details about his centers aren’t submitted soon.
The Delhi High Court ordered the DCW, Delhi Police and two senior lawyers to inspect all his ashrams.
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