India, Sept. 29 -- New Delhi

In the past two months, over five police teams have been conducting raids across five states looking for the 62-year-old former chairman of Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management-Research, who has been accused of molesting over 17 students, besides fraud and forgery.

The accused, Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, had been evading police since August 5, when an FIR of mass molestation was lodged at Vasant Kunj police station, officers aware of the investigation said, adding that the police operation finally culminated after they received a tip that a person looking like the "Baba" in saffron attire was staying at a hotel in Agra.

A senior police officer, not wishing to be named, said, "When the case was lo...