India, Sept. 30 -- Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, the 62-year-old former chairman of a management institute in Delhi's Vasant Kunj accused of molesting 17 students, lived under multiple identities for decades while working with prominent religious organisations, the investigation into the case has revealed.

Police said they have seized some documents and are trying to establish details of his name (at time of birth), father's name and place of birth, even as his arrest on Sunday ended a two-month-long manhunt.

According to investigators familiar with the case, who asked not to be identified, Saraswati was born as Rudra Parthasarthy in Siliguri, West Bengal. Over the years, he dropped "Rudra" and began presenting himself as Dr Swami Par...