Girl who accused Chinmayanand of rape gets bail

December 04, 2019 17:15

The law student who had accused BJP leader Chinmayanand of rape and who was arrested for allegedly blackmailing him, has been granted bail by the Allahabad High Court.

Chinmayanand was arrested on September 20 after the 23-year-old woman, a student at a law college in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur, accused him of rape. However, based on a counter-complaint, police also arrested the law student and three others on charges of trying to extort Rs 5 crore from the politician, who was once affiliated to the BJP.

The woman has alleged that Chinmayanand, who runs several ashrams and educational institutions, sexually exploited her after helping her gain admission in his law college last year. He is accused of filming her while taking a bath at the hostel, and then raping her by blackmailing her with the video. She was also allegedly brought to his room at gunpoint and forced to give him massages.

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