A local court in UP’s Shahjahanpur on Wednesday denied bail to the girl law student, who has accused BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand of rape after she was arrested earlier in the day by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) for alleged extortion.
The court sent her to 14-day judicial custody for allegedly trying to extort money from the BJP leader. A case of extortion was filed by the politician against the 23-year-old.
#Shahjahanpur: The law student, who had accused Swami #Chinmayanand for sexually harassing her, being brought to District Jail after a local court sent her to 14-day judicial custody for allegedly trying to extort money from him. pic.twitter.com/BTtRaEZcSR
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On Tuesday, the woman had moved a local court for protection against arrest but did not get any immediate relief with the court posting the hearing for Wednesday. But she was arrested before her hearing came up.
“There was no basis on which the law students had asked for bail from the court. She was gang leader… Keeping this in mind the court cancelled her bail plea,” said Chinmayanand’s lawyer Manendra Singh.
“At the request of the SIT the court has sent her to 14 days of judicial remand, she has been sent to the jail,” Singh told news agency ANI, earlier today.
Manendra Singh, lawyer of Swami Chinmayanand: Court has sent the girl to 14-day judicial custody. A bail application was moved by her lawyer which was rejected by the court as it was not maintainable. If hearing on the bail application is taken up again, it’ll be done at 1 pm. pic.twitter.com/QQt1VKYlrx
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Director-General of Police (DGP) OP Singh had informed about the girl’s arrest by the SIT.
“The law student, who had accused Swami Chinmayanand of sexually harassing her, has been arrested by the SIT for allegedly trying to extort money from him,” Singh told reporters.
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Last week, Chinmayanand was arrested by Uttar Pradesh police which charged him with an offense of not amounting to rape, stalking and criminal intimidation.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by IG Naveen Arora also arrested three friends of the woman on charges of trying to extort Rs 5 crore from Chinmayanand, criminal intimidation, causing the disappearance of evidence and sending offensive messages to him.
While Chinmayanand accepted “all evidences” that have come up against him, the three friends of the woman – Sanjay Singh, Vikram, Sachin–have accepted demanding the money from Chinmayanand,” Arora told reporters.
(With ANI inputs)