Self-styled godman Shiva Sankar Baba, accused of sexual harassment, despatched to judicial custody for 14 days

Self-styled godman Shiva Sankar Baba, who was lately arrested from Delhi following sexual harassment complaints by college students of a faculty run by him, has been despatched to judicial custody for 14 days by a Mahila Court on Thursday.
The Mamallapuram All Women Police Station (AWPS) had registered three circumstances towards Baba beneath numerous Sections of the Indian Penal Code, Pocso Act, and Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Women Harassment Act. The Tamil Nadu Commission for cover of Child Rights quickly swung into motion and carried out a preliminary listening to on the college positioned within the outskirts of Chennai metropolis.
Baba had evaded the inquiry and the varsity administrator had knowledgeable the officers that he had suffered a coronary heart assault and was presently present process therapy in Dehradun, Uttrakhand. The case was then transferred to CB-CID on June 13.

The CB-CID officers, after conducting a preliminary investigation in Chennai, reached Dehradun to query Baba. When they reached the hospital, they discovered that he was lacking. As per reviews, police personnel then suspected that Baba might need fled to a neighbouring nation the place he has his ashrams. Following a tip-off, police apprehended Baba from Chittanrajan park in Delhi. He was produced earlier than a Justice of the Peace court docket to obtain a transit warrant.
Baba was then delivered to Chennai on Wednesday midnight amid tight safety and was taken to the CB-CID workplace for inquiry. On Thursday, he was produced earlier than a Mahila court docket in Chengalpattu which despatched him to judicial custody for 14 days.
Meanwhile, the Child Welfare Committee (Chengalpet/Kancheepuram) has written a letter to the School Education Department recommending them to close down the International residential college run by the godman.

According to the letter, the committee claimed that a number of mother and father had been sad with the incidents that unfolded within the college and are actually within the technique of getting the switch certificates (TC) and enrolling their youngsters in different faculties.
They added that contemplating the way forward for the kids, the varsity schooling division ought to assist them get the TC from this college and as there are accusations towards the varsity administration of being concerned within the sexual harassment by Baba, the schooling division ought to revoke their license and the federal government ought to take over administration of the varsity.