Rohini Ashram

Delhi High Court Tuesday expressed its displeasure over management of a north Delhi-based ashram housing several women who were alleged to be living in "animal-like conditions" and said that its management should be taken over by Delhi government.

The CBI on Thursday filed a fresh charge sheet against self- styled godman Virendra Dev Dixit, who ran an ashram in Rohini in Delhi, in a case of rape of one of his followers, officials said.

A lawyer's remark of 'nari narak ka dwar hai' (women are the gateway to hell) today drew the ire of the Delhi High Court which warned him of stern action.

The Delhi High Court today termed as "extremely suspicious" the conduct of the founder of a north Delhi-based ashram where girls were allegedly kept in illegal confinement and asked the CBI to give a report on his whereabouts.

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.

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.

Delhi High Court Tuesday expressed its displeasure over management of a north Delhi-based ashram housing several women who were alleged to be living in "animal-like conditions" and said that its management should be taken over by Delhi government.

The CBI on Thursday filed a fresh charge sheet against self- styled godman Virendra Dev Dixit, who ran an ashram in Rohini in Delhi, in a case of rape of one of his followers, officials said.

A lawyer's remark of 'nari narak ka dwar hai' (women are the gateway to hell) today drew the ire of the Delhi High Court which warned him of stern action.

The Delhi High Court today termed as "extremely suspicious" the conduct of the founder of a north Delhi-based ashram where girls were allegedly kept in illegal confinement and asked the CBI to give a report on his whereabouts.

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.

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.