The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to trace the founder of a north Delhi-based ashram after allegations of rape and illegal confinement of women on the premises surfaced this week. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar has asked Virender Dev Dixit, the founder of the Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya in North Delhi’s Rohini, to be present before it on January 4.
Operating for the past 25 years in Vijay Vihar, the ashram is now at the centre of allegations of sexual assault, illegal confinement of women and men, use of narcotic substances to allegedly keep the women confined inside the premises. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar on Wednesday had asked the CBI Director to set up a special investigation team and seize all records pertaining to FIRs lodged in connection with alleged rape and suicides of the girls there. On Thursday, the bench also sought to know why the ashram’s founder was not making an appearance if he was genuine and honest.

The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to trace the founder of a north Delhi-based ashram after allegations of rape and illegal confinement of women on the premises surfaced this week. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar has asked Virender Dev Dixit, the founder of the Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya in North Delhi’s Rohini, to be present before it on January 4.
Operating for the past 25 years in Vijay Vihar, the ashram is now at the centre of allegations of sexual assault, illegal confinement of women and men, use of narcotic substances to allegedly keep the women confined inside the premises. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar on Wednesday had asked the CBI Director to set up a special investigation team and seize all records pertaining to FIRs lodged in connection with alleged rape and suicides of the girls there. On Thursday, the bench also sought to know why the ashram’s founder was not making an appearance if he was genuine and honest.