Delhi Ashram Raided

Nearly a week after more than 40 girls were rescued from a north Delhi ashram run by self-styled godman Virendra Dev Dixit, two more girls were rescued from another one of his ashrams in Delhi's Karawal Nagar, police officials said on Tuesday. The operation was carried out by the police and the Delhi Commission for Women.

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Monday inspected more ashrams of molestation-accused 'godman' Baba Virendra Dev Dixit in Delhi and said he might be running a human trafficking racket.

Days after more than 40 girls were shifted by the police from an ashram in north Delhi's Rohini to a shelter home, five more minor girls have been rescued during raids at the same institution's Dwarka ashram. The girls were kept in "prison-like" confinement by the absconding 'baba', the team discovered.

In view of serious allegations raised against spiritual leader Virender Dev Dikshit's Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya in Delhi, the police in Farrukhabad today raided two ashrams run by him at Siktarbad and Kampil and rescued 47 women and a minor girl.

The Delhi Commission for Women, along with a police contingent, today raided an ashram run by a spiritual head in Dwarka rescued five girls who were allegedly confined there.

After the police raided an ashram in north Delhi's Rohini and rescued as many as 40 girls, who were kept under illegal confinement, the Delhi High Court today directed the CBI to trace its founder. The chief of the Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya, Virendra Dev Dikshit, has to be present before the bench on January 4.

The police on Wednesday carried out a raid at an ashram in Rohini following the Delhi High Court's order to inspect the insitute where girls and women were allegedly kept in illegal confinement.

Nearly a week after more than 40 girls were rescued from a north Delhi ashram run by self-styled godman Virendra Dev Dixit, two more girls were rescued from another one of his ashrams in Delhi's Karawal Nagar, police officials said on Tuesday. The operation was carried out by the police and the Delhi Commission for Women.

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Monday inspected more ashrams of molestation-accused 'godman' Baba Virendra Dev Dixit in Delhi and said he might be running a human trafficking racket.

Days after more than 40 girls were shifted by the police from an ashram in north Delhi's Rohini to a shelter home, five more minor girls have been rescued during raids at the same institution's Dwarka ashram. The girls were kept in "prison-like" confinement by the absconding 'baba', the team discovered.

In view of serious allegations raised against spiritual leader Virender Dev Dikshit's Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya in Delhi, the police in Farrukhabad today raided two ashrams run by him at Siktarbad and Kampil and rescued 47 women and a minor girl.

The Delhi Commission for Women, along with a police contingent, today raided an ashram run by a spiritual head in Dwarka rescued five girls who were allegedly confined there.

After the police raided an ashram in north Delhi's Rohini and rescued as many as 40 girls, who were kept under illegal confinement, the Delhi High Court today directed the CBI to trace its founder. The chief of the Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya, Virendra Dev Dikshit, has to be present before the bench on January 4.

The police on Wednesday carried out a raid at an ashram in Rohini following the Delhi High Court's order to inspect the insitute where girls and women were allegedly kept in illegal confinement.