Charged New religious movements Guru-led movement or ashram Rohini, Delhi, India · 2018

Virendra Dev Dixit: CBI cases and Delhi High Court oversight over an ashram after girls were rescued; founder a fugitive

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Authority role

self-styled spiritual preacher and ashram head

Organization

Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya (Adhyatmik Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya)

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Dixit ran a closed ashram/'spiritual university' in which he held absolute guru authority over resident women and girls; the allegations describe doctrine and confinement used to control and sexually abuse residents. The nexus is the claimed spiritual authority and the closed devotee hierarchy.

Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
Institutional obedience or isolation

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Proceedings

Date in cited record · CBI cases registered; founder absconding; High Court oversight

Delhi High Court / Central Bureau of Investigation, India. After a 2017-2018 raid rescued women and girls from the Rohini ashram, the CBI registered rape and trafficking cases against self-styled preacher Virendra Dev Dixit. In April 2022 the Delhi High Court constituted a supervisory committee over the ashram's female residents and repeatedly directed the CBI to arrest Dixit, who remains absconding. The charges are allegations and have not been adjudicated.

Documented coercion mechanisms

absolute guru authority over resident women and girls
confinement within a closed 'spiritual university'

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national court reporting current proceeding status ''Taking steps to Arrest Absconding Self-Styled Spiritual Preacher Virender Dev Dixit': CBI tells Delhi High Court', LawBeat (Delhi High Court proceedings), 2022.: LawBeat reports the Delhi High Court proceedings, the CBI's cases against the absconding Dixit, and the court's oversight of the ashram's female residents.
national newspaper court reporting nexus reporting 'Years After Self-Styled Godman Virendra Dev Dixit Flees CBI, His Victims Contend With The Abuse', Outlook India.: Outlook India documents the ashram raid, the rescued residents, and Dixit's fugitive status.

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Source and tier basis: https://lawbeat.in/news-updates/taking-steps-arrest-absconding-self-styled-spiritual-preacher-virender-dev-dixit-rohini-ashram-cbi-tells-delhi-high-court Corpus classification: national-court-reporting; evidentiary role: current-proceeding-status.
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Source and tier basis: https://www.outlookindia.com/national/years-after-self-styled-godman-virendra-dev-dixit-flees-cbi-his-victims-contend-with-the-abuse-they-suffered-and-inflicted Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: nexus-reporting. SHA-256 8c75360edc38ec71c49682695a1c69e49f49cc80a439ee05e9565d9abe9cdee5
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