Missing law student who had accused BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand of harassment found after 6 days

A law student from SS Law College in Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh who had gone missing from her college hostel, days after she accused former Union Minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, of harassment and “destroying the lives of several girls”, has been found.

A team of UP Police has traced the girl in Rajasthan. Uttar Pradesh Police while confirming that she has been located tweeted on Friday saying, “In Shahjahanpur episode the girl has been found along with her friend in Rajasthan. Necessary legal action is being taken.”

In Shahjahanpur episode the girl has been located by Shahjahanpur police in Rajasthan along with her friend.
Necessary legal action is being taken.

— UP POLICE (@Uppolice) August 30, 2019

The girl, last week, had posted a video on the social media alleging that Swami Chinmayanand, who is the director of her college, is threatening to eliminate her and her family because she has evidence that could land him in trouble.

The girl sought the help of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the video.

“I am (name withheld) from Shahjahanpur and am pursuing LL.M from SS College. A big leader of the saint society, who has destroyed the lives of several girls, has been threatening me with (my) life. I have all the evidences against him. I request Modi ji and Yogi ji to please help me. He has even threatened to kill my family.

“Only I know what I have been going through. Modi ji please help me, he is a sanyasi and is threatening that the police, district magistrate and everyone else is on his side and no one can harm him. I request you all for justice.”

The video was posted on social media on August 23 and the girl went missing on August 24. The girl has now been recovered after six days.

The Uttar Pradesh police had lodged an FIR against former Union minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand late on August 27 night.

Shahjahanpur Superintendent of Police S. Chanappa had said, “Chinmayanand was booked late Tuesday night (August 27) under IPC Sections 364 (kidnapping or abducting in order to murder) and 506 (criminal intimidation) based on a complaint by man, who accused the former minister of state for Home of having sexually harassed his daughter”.

Chinmayanand’s lawyer Om Singh meanwhile, claimed that the leader was being blackmailed and had received a WhatsApp message demanding Rs 5 crore. He said an FIR was lodged over this on August 25.

The lawyer also dismissed the charges made by the woman and her father. “There is not an iota of truth in their claims,” he said.

Last year, the Yogi Adityanath government had decided to withdraw the rape and abduction case lodged against Swami Chinmayanand. The FIR against him was lodged in November 2011, on the complaint of a girl who had spent several years at his ashram.

Published on: Aug 30, 2019 at 13:38 IST

By EP Web Desk

(With Inputs From IANS)