India, Sept. 28 -- Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, 62, the self-styled godman who was finally arrested after allegations of mass molestation of female students at an institute he chaired, ran a wide network of lies and deceit, investigations have revealed.

A former chairman of a college called Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management Research in Delhi's Vasant Kunj, he was on the run since August after a complaint by the Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham, which owns the college.

Mass molestation: A six-page FIR of August 5, which led to his arrest, includes statements from a 21-year-old student and references 32 other women who reportedly shared accounts of repeated harassment. The religious organisation that heads the college said they ha...