The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has announced a reward of ₹5 lakh for information leading to the arrest of Virender Dev Dixit in connection with the alleged illegal confinement of girls and women, and rape at his ashram in Rohini.
The last-known location of the 77-year-old accused was in Nepal, where he runs another ashram.
“An Interpol Blue Notice was issued against him on March 26 last year. The agency also issued notices asking him to appear before the probe team. However, he did not turn up,” said a CBI official.
In January last year, following a Delhi High Court directive, the CBI had taken over three FIRs registered by the Delhi Police involving Dixit and his Rohini ashram, Adhyatmik Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya.
Investigations in the case of allegedly obstructing the work of a High Court-appointed committee in the ashram have been completed and chargesheet filed against 59 women inmates.
The other two FIRs are against Dixit for alleged rape and criminal intimidation.
