UP SIT arrests rape-accused BJP leader Chinmayanand

17:23 September 20

Chinmayanand admits getting naked massage from law student

Swami Chinmayanand has confessed to having called the Shahjahanpur law student for a massage while saying he was ashamed

The SIT chief, Naveen Arora said that Chinmayanand admitted calling the woman for massage. 

He also added that during interrogation, Chinmayanand said that he was ashamed of his act.

"Swami Chinmayanand has admitted to almost every allegation levelled against him, including sexual conversations and body massage. Circumstantial evidence also being examined. He said he doesn’t want to say more as he is ashamed of his acts," said Arora.

09:53 September 20

Chinmayanand arrested by UP SIT over sexual harrassment case

Shahjahanpur (UP): Former BJP MP Swami Chinmayanand accused of raping, and "physically exploiting" a law student for a year, was arrested by the UP SIT on Friday morning. 

The BJP leader was arrested by the special investigation team (SIT) of Uttar Pradesh police from his residence 'Divya Dham' here amid heavy security deployment, his lawyer Pooja Singh informed.

He has been taken for medical examination to a government hospital, she said.

Singh said the SIT took signatures of Chinmayanand's relatives on the arrest memo but no arrest-related documents, including a copy of the FIR, were given to them.

As Chinmayanand was taken to the hospital for medical check-up, patients had to face a tough time as they were not allowed to enter the premises.

The student, who studied in a college run by an organisation led by the BJP leader, accused him of rape and "physical exploitation" for over a year.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case had taken the woman to a court for recording of her statement before Judicial Magistrate Geetika Singh.

The SIT has examined principals of the two colleges, besides their two staffers, where the girl studied.

The student had on Saturday has given a pen drive containing 43 videos to the SIT to support her allegations after the sleuths asked her to submit whatever evidence she had against the former Union minister.

The SIT had taken the woman to Chinmayanand's bedroom last week to collect evidence.

In the Unnao case, expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar has been accused of rape by a 19-year-old woman. 

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