It may still be inside the Kampil ashram,” he laughs. But he came soon after as ‘Baba Virender Dev Dixit’, demolished his paternal home, and built the first Adhyatmik Vishwavidyalaya. In 1998, four rape cases were registered against him after a Kolkata resident alleged his daughter was confined and raped inside the Kampil ashram. Pandey and Dixit remained close till the late 2000s, when the former was barred from entering the Kampil ashram due to dipping attendance. The night he was dragged out of the Kampil ashram was the last time locals saw Dixit.

Source: Indian Express January 07, 2018 21:24 UTC