Austin,
TX – Swami Prakashanand Saraswati, 79, known to his followers as Shree
Swamiji, was arrested Thursday afternoon (April 24, 2008) at Washington
Dulles International Airport by the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task
Force as he arrived aboard a flight from Europe.
Saraswati was indicted by a Hays County,
Texas Grand Jury in April 2008 after a criminal investigation conducted by
the Hays County Sheriff’s Office resulted in a 20 count indictment alleging
Saraswati committed indecent acts with two children from 1993 thru 1996.
Saraswati was remanded to the custody of the
Alexandria Sheriff’s Office in Alexandria, Virginia pending extradition to
Hays County, San Marcos, Texas.
LaFayette Collins, United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas,
states, “The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force is committed to pursuing
criminals who victimize our children and we will not stop in our effort to
make our communities safer”.
Members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force in Austin are the Austin Police
Department – Intelligence Unit, Hays County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Rangers,
and the U.S. Marshals Service. |