more-inThe Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to follow all possible steps to trace Virendra Dev Dixit, founder of a Delhi-based ashram where girls and women were allegedly kept in confinement. The court asked CBI to follow all possible means under the law to secure the appearance of Mr. Dixit, who has not joined the investigation since the court began hearing the case in December last year. It told the Delhi Police to facilitate the meeting of the family members with the women and girls illegally confined in the ashram and listed the matter for March 15. The police had to break open many of the locked iron doors as the ashram inmates were not cooperating, she claimed. The court had said that the ashram cannot work under a “shroud of secrecy”, and told its founder and members to come clean on the allegations.

Source: The Hindu February 08, 2018 20:03 UTC