According to special government counsel Neelima Saxena, the court issued an arrest warrant for Chinmayanand in a charge of sexual exploitation brought against him by his disciple at a police station in the city.
After hearing the counsel for Chinmayanand and the complainant, Justice Rahul Chaturvedi reserved his order on the bail plea of the former union minister. Chinmayanand was arrested on September 21. Police had on August 27 booked him under sections 364 (kidnapping or abducting in order to murder) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code
Former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand, who is accused by a law student of raping her, on Monday sent a letter to the police demanding that the Gangster Act should also be slapped on the woman for allegedly blackmailing him. The 23-year-old law student was arrested last month by a special investigation team (SIT) on charges of extortion.
Chief Judicial Magistrate Omveer Singh on October 4 had ordered that voice samples of Chinmayanand, the law student and three others be taken.
After getting discharged from Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences on Monday night, the former Union minister had visited the King George's Medical University (KGMU) complaining of an eye problem but was not admitted.
He was tested for heart problems on Monday at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences here after he complained of chest pain, but an angiography did not find any "significant blockage" in his arteries.
The 23-year-old woman was taken into custody on charges of extortion and blackmail.
According to doctors treating him, Chinmayanand has a blockage in heart and is a patient of diabetes and hyper tension.
onfirming it, Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP) president Narendra Giri told PTI," In most of the cases like this (referring to case of Swami Chinmayanand), the seer is expelled from the Akhara Parishad until he is proven innocent."
The student who levelled rape charges against BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand has left for Allahabad, where she will be appearing before the High Court on Monday.
The Akhil Bhartiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP), the highest decision making body of saints, is all set to extern Chinmayanand from the community.
Sources said the SIT also booked the woman on charges of causing disappearance of evidence. The former Union minister was arrested by the SIT on Friday and sent to 14 days' judicial custody.
Starting with the Ram Mandir movement, Swami Chinmayanand, who is finally behind bars, went on to become the Minister of State for Home Affairs in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government and gradually built a huge empire.
BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, accused of rape by a law student, was on Friday arrested and sent to 14 days’ judicial custody even as the woman claimed the police are trying to weaken the case against him.
The 73-year-old politician was being treated by a team of doctors in his Mumukshu ashram where he had been held under house arrest since September 13.
The 73-year-old politician was being treated by a team of doctors in his Mumukshu ashram where he has been held under house arrest since September 13.
"After his condition became bad, he was shifted to the medical college hospital and admitted in ward number 8," Chief Medical Superintendent Dr M P Gangwar said.
A team of doctors was called in at his Mumukshu Ashram late on Monday to treat the 72-year-old politician.
With her face covered by a black dupatta, the 23-year-old was escorted by several police women as she arrived in the court.
The father of a law student, who accused Chinmayanand of raping her, has alleged that the SIT has leaked footage from the video recording that his daughter gave them.
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