The arrest of self-styled godman Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati has led to the discovery of WhatsApp chats that shed light on his alleged exploitation of young women students.
One of the most striking exchanges shows Chaitanyananda trying to arrange what he described as a meeting with a "Dubai Sheikh." In a conversation with an alleged student, the 62-year-old wrote.
In other chats, Chaitanyananda repeatedly addresses a victim (unclear if this is the same woman as above) in infantilising terms, such as "Sweetie Baby Daughter Doll," and sends obsessive messages across the day and late into the night: