India: Law Student Who Accused Chinmayanand of Rape Taken Into Custody

September 24, 2019

The law student who has accused former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand of rape was taken into custody on Tuesday, 24 September, on the charges of ‘extortion and blackmailing’.

After the 23-year-old, who studied in a law college in Shahjahanpur, accused the BJP leader of sexual harassment in a video clip, his lawyers had filed a case of extortion and threat against unidentified persons.

Chinmayanand’s lawyers had alleged that a WhatsApp message demanding Rs 5 crore was sent to Chinmayanand’s mobile phone. The message, they alleged, threatened to make some video clips viral if the amount was not paid.

The UP Police had earlier arrested three youths in this connection, they have now taken the survivor into custody as well. A local court in Shahjahanpur had rejected the bail pleas of the three youths on Monday.

Chinmayanand’s Bail Plea Rejected

An Uttar Pradesh court rejected Chinmayanand’s bail plea on Monday. He was arrested on Friday and sent to 14 days of judicial custody for alleged sexual harassment of the law student. He has been booked under sections 354 D (stalking), 342 (wrongful confinement) and 506 (criminal intimidation), and Section 376C ( sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape) of the Indian Penal Code.

 

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https://www.thequint.com/news/india/law-student-who-accused-chinmayanand-of-rape-taken-into-custody

https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/nation/2019/09/23/chinmayanand-case-law-student-extortion-allahabad-court.html

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/law-student-who-accused-chinmayanand-of-rape-allegedly-detained-in-extortion-case/article29499183.ece

http://www.swadeshnews.in/uttar-pradesh/others/new-twist-in-chinmayanand-case-507817 (HINDI)

https://www.molitics.in/news/132933/in-chinmayanand-case-rape-victim-is-detained-by-sit (HINDI)

 

 

 

 

 

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