A pupil from the Economically Weaker Part (EWS) quota filed a criticism in March 2025, alleging that she was requested to pay a further quantity, regardless of paying Rs 60,000 as donation, a household good friend of the lady advised.
Chaitanyananda (62), a former chairman of the administration institute in southwest Delhi, had constructed a community of loyalists contained in the institute by appointing them to posts they didn't even qualify for, he mentioned on situation of anonymity.
“She was advised by Chaitanyananda that both she ought to pay one other Rs 60,000, work with out wage on the institute for a 12 months, or depart the faculty,” he added.
An FIR was registered on August 4 towards Chaitanyananda after the administration of the non-public administration institute mentioned that in a digital assembly with over 30 feminine college students, a number of of them narrated situations of sexual harassment, manipulation and threats by him.
He allegedly pressured feminine college students to go to his quarters late at evening and despatched them inappropriate textual content messages. The household good friend of the complainant additional mentioned the husband and sister of a girl, who labored as an affiliate dean and allegedly helped Chaitanyananda by intimidating college students and deleting incriminating messages, have been additionally given positions on the institute. A number of professors too have been reportedly ex-students who lacked the {qualifications} required for school roles, he alleged. “He created such an online that nobody might escape it.”
He added that when the lady determined to depart the institute, different feminine college students expressed helplessness, saying that they had no approach out. He additional claimed that there have been indications that feminine college students have been harassed, intimidated and threatened by the previous chairman and his shut aides.
“In a single occasion, a sufferer who had suffered a hairline fracture and shared her medical stories with Chaitanyananda advised her that she started receiving lewd and inappropriate textual content messages from him,” he mentioned.
Requested concerning the self-styled godman, a senior police officer agreed that Chaitanyananda had positioned totally different folks recognized to him in a number of positions and created a “kingdom”, the place his guidelines have been last.
The FIR towards Chaitanyananda mentions that the scandal got here to gentle after an electronic mail by an IAF Group Captain with the Directorate of Schooling, Air Headquarters. The officer relayed complaints obtained from feminine college students of the institute about Chaitanyananda's alleged misconduct.
The institute, in an announcement issued to the press, acknowledged receiving the e-mail on August 1 and confirmed that the complaints towards the previous chairman had been formally reported.