Uttar Pradesh BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand Arrested on Charges of Rape and Blackmail

New Delhi, September 20, 2019:

BJP leader and former Union Minister Swami Chinmayanand has been arrested by an Uttar Pradesh Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Friday on charges of raping a student.

As per official reports, he was taken for medical examination to Shahjahanpur district hospital.

He was arrested after the law student (victim) recorded her statement in front of the magistrate.

Reportedly, Chinmayanand was arrested from his ashram in Saharanpur and taken to district hospital for medical check-up under heavy security deployment. Chinmayanand will now be presented before court later in the day.

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It may be mentioned that the law student had accused the BJP leader of raping and ‘physically exploiting’ her for a year. She further alleged that he had recorded videos of her while she was bathing and used them to blackmail and rape her. He also shot a video of the act, she claimed.

As per reports, the victim’s father had handed over 43 video clips to the SIT team to probe the case. He has also demanded that Section 376, along with the provisions for destroying evidence, be evoked against the former MP as some of the evidence has been removed from the hostel room of his daughter at the BJP leader's behest.

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