The law student from Uttar Pradesh who accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Chinmayanand of rape, was arrested on Wednesday morning in an extortion case filed by him. It comes a day before a court was to hear her request of protection from arrest.
The woman’s family alleged that the police went to her place this morning and dragged her out of the home “almost by force”, it was reported by NDTV. The report said that she was taken to a hospital for a medical examination and then arrested, for which her father had to sign a document.
Chinmayanand was arrested last week, and after being in prison for two days, he complained of illness and has been in hospital since. A court had agreed to hear the student’s request for protection from arrest on Thursday, following reports that the police were going to arrest her.
The BJP leader has not been charged with rape but “misusing authority for sexual intercourse” or “sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape”. This means a lesser punishment than rape.
The woman has handed over videos to establish the charges she has made against the BJP leader. She claimed that he had been secretly filming her and has blackmailed her, apart from raping her for over a year. The former union minister who runs ashrams and educational institutions sexually exploited her for helping her get admission in his college.
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