Chairman of Maharishi Vidya Mandir group Girish Chandra Verma was produced in the court on Monday and has been remanded in police custody for three days.
He was arrested for sexual harassment and rape charges leveled against him by a woman school teacher of Maharishi Vidhya Mandir School, Ratanpur, around nine months ago.
The arrest came after a case of rape and threatening of life was registered against Verma on Sunday. After the arrest he was sent for medical examination and the victim also went through medical examination voluntarily.
On Friday for the first time in the past 9 months Girish Verma appeared at the woman police station and recorded his statements.
Arrest came after 9 months of the complaint lodged by a teacher of Maharishi Vidhya Mandir School Ratanpur with the police and state woman commission.
Meanwhile, Victim’s husband providing photographs of Girish Verma with Narayan Sai, alleged that Verma had helped Sai in hiding at his ashram, when he was elusive.
Police negligence surfaced when no action was taken and no case was registered against Verma and the police officials defended by stating that action could not be taken based on the statements of one party, the victim denied police investigation when the case surfaced and Verma had provided written explanation on his inability to appear in the police station.
In his statement Girish Verma had claimed that ex employees and terminated employees have colluded against him and he had collected all the evidences which prove his innocence. The e-mails and other documents circulated by the opposing group of people have been documented and he would answer his enemies accordingly.
Verma also claimed that he would be providing information to the media persons regarding the false claims and charges fabricated against him.
The victim had claimed that during the period of 1998 to 2013 year she faced sexual harassment.