The absconding head of an Ashram, Swami Ramanand Saraswati, who was accused of allegedly sexually exploiting an inmate of the Ashram located in lailunga area of Raigarh have finally been arrested by the police. He was produced in the local court and sent to jail on a 15-day judicial remand, a police official said here on Sunday.
The accused was arrested from Bilaspur railway station on a precise tip-off while he was planning to flee, informed Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP), Rama Patel.”The medical test of the victim has also confirmed possible sexual assault,” the SDOP told The Pioneer over phone. Notably, the 76-year-old Ashram Chief of Arya Vidya Sabha Ashram in Raigarh was on the run for past few days after a case against him was registered with lailunga police station for sexually exploiting the hostel inmate. Police was intensively searching for the accused and had also raided some places in Delhi, police sources informed.