Other nests of 'godman' obsessed with having 16,000 women companions come to fore
While these ashrams too worked secretly, the crying and howling of girls at night were not hidden from the neighbourhood unlike in the main ashram in Vijay Vihar.
While these ashrams too worked secretly, the crying and howling of girls at night were not hidden from the neighbourhood unlike in the main ashram in Vijay Vihar.
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neha Agrawal | Posted by Deepali Singh
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New Delhi, December 31, 2017 | UPDATED 07:22 IST
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The Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya, from where 40 girls were rescued (Photo: Mail Today)The Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya, from where 40 girls were rescued (Photo: Mail Today)
The other ashrams of the self-styled godman Virendra Dev Dixit are operating out of small apartments that have been either rented out or surrendered by the followers to ashram activities.
While these ashrams too worked secretly, the crying and howling of girls at night were not hidden from the neighbourhood unlike in the main ashram in Vijay Vihar.
The modus operandi of these other ashrams was such that the ground floor and first floor were occupied by the followers.
Swati Maliwai, chief, Delhi Commission for Women told Mail Today that while interacting with the residents of Mohan Garden - where one of the ashrams is located - they were complaining of constant entry and exit of girls into the building.
"We were told that on the day of the raid, close to 60 girls were relocated from the ashram during the day. The residents complained that at night girls could be heard crying and howling from the building," she said.
As these ashrams were operating out of small rented apartments, they could not be modified like the main ashram which had hidden doors that led to different rooms, maze like tunnel with gates in every three steps but had several locks and were similarly grilled. The team found several medicines stacked in all the ashrams.
"We learnt that anybody who becomes psychologically ill in Vijay Vihar ashram is transferred out to these smaller ashrams. The girls were found dizzy and in trance. While interacting with them, all of them wanted to be there. Even the girls rescued from the Karanwal Nagar Ashram wanted to stay in the ashram," said Maliwal.
"The sad part is that this self-styled godman claims himself to be Lord Krishna's avatar and thinks of it as his duty to maintain relations with 16,000 women."
The literature mentioned sentences like 'The girls when sleep alone will feel scared and when they will sleep with the father they will not get bad visions. You need increase the love percentage with the father'.
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