UP law student who accused Chinmayanand of rape, arrested for money extortion

UP law student who accused BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand of sexual misconduct and molestation, was on Wednesday arrested by Special Investigation Team (SIT), for allegedly trying to extort money from him.

According to news agency ANI, a local court in Shahjahanpur before which the law student was produced has sent her to 14-day judicial custody.

The matter of the law student’s anticipatory bail hearing being heard by the Allahabad High Court, was to come up for hearing on Thursday, but the SIT did not wait for the court’s ruling, as certain phone calls traced revealed that the victim was planning to escape.

The woman and three other boys, who were arrested earlier, had allegedly made extortion calls to Chinmayanand asking him to pay Rs 5 crore or else they would make public his intimate videos.

Chinmayanand had earlier lodged a complaint in this regard.

Published on: Sep 25, 2019 at 10:12 IST

By EP Web Desk

(With Inputs From IANS)