Shahjahanpur (UP), September 7
The SIT probing allegations of harassment levelled by a law student against former Union Minister Swami Chinmayanand visited his residence, ashram and the college run by him where she studied, according to the college principal.
The Special Investigation Team, headed by IG Naveen Arora, has been constituted by the UP government on the direction of the Supreme Court.
While the police remain tightlipped on the probe, the principal of Swami Shukdevanand Post Graduate College, where the woman studied, said the SIT which arrived here on Thursday night visited Divya Dham, the residence of Swami Chinmayanand, but could not meet him as he was out of town. The team also visited the Mukukshu Ashram of the BJP leader and toured the five colleges run by the ashram, Principal Avnish Misra said. The team visited the college hostel where the room of the law student has already been sealed, he added.
A woman IPS officer spoke to the teachers and girl students of the college and took inputs from them, Misra said.
“Later, the team visited Divya Dham of Swami Chinmyanad, but could not meet him as he is out of station,” Misra said. The members of the team, including IPS officers Bharti Singh, PS Anand and others, asked questions about the woman to the students pursuing LLM. They also spoke to her friend who was found with her in Rajasthan, he said. — PTI
Harassment alleged
The Shahjahanpur police had on August 27 lodged an FIR against former Union Minister Swami Chinmayanand after a student went missing following sexual harassment allegation in a video clip
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