India, Feb. 23 -- Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Monday promised full cooperation with the investigators, two days after a special court in Prayagraj ordered the registration of a case against the seer for allegedly sexually abusing two boys, even as police intensified their probe in the case and began gathering evidence.

"We are ready to cooperate fully so that the stigma against me can be resolved quickly. I am not going anywhere. I am not running away," said Saraswati, who maintained that a false accusation has been made against him. "The arrest is out of the question, but I am prepared for it if it happens. The arrest may be for the purpose of preserving evidence...We are not running away."

Saraswati, who was in the news for ...