The second-year student at a college in Shahjahanpur run by former Union minister Chinmayanand had gone missing on August 24 after posting a video on social media a day earlier in which she accused “a big leader of the saint society” of threatening her and “destroying the lives of several girls.”
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Updated: Sep 16, 2019 12:33 IST
The 23-year-old law student, who has accused the BJP’s Swami Chinmayanand of raping her, was on Monday brought to a local court in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur to record her statement under heavy security.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) brought the woman, who had her face covered with a black scarf, before a judicial magistrate to record the statement under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
SIT, headed by the inspector general of police Naveen Arora, is expected to lodge a first information report or FIR on the woman’s complaint after her statement is recorded.
The second-year student at a college in Shahjahanpur run by former Union minister Chinmayanand had gone missing on August 24 after posting a video on social media a day earlier in which she accused “a big leader of the saint society” of threatening her and “destroying the lives of several girls.”
Chinmayanand was then booked for allegedly kidnapping the woman after her video went viral.
On Sunday, SIT resumed questioning Chinmayanand, three men, who were seen in a video with the complainant, and the principals of Law College and PG College in Shahjahanpur.
The SIT was formed on September 3 on the directions of the Supreme Court.
First Published:
Sep 16, 2019 12:33 IST
Source: HindustanTimes