On Tuesday, former CBI Director M. Nageshwar Rao visited the Shri Vidya Math in Varanasi, where he met Swami Avimukteshwaranand for around 25 minutes in a closed room. Initially, this meeting was described as a routine interaction within the guru-disciple tradition, but later it became clear that there were deeper issues at play. The meeting's context evolved as it was revealed that Rao, after retirement, has been involved with some retired senior officers and journalists in a civil society organization that is investigating events surrounding a controversy on the day of Mauni Amavasya during the Prayagraj Magh Mela.