Ex-Union Minister Swami Chinmayanand accused of rape, assault and attempt to murder

The Uttar Pradesh police lodged a complaint of rape, assault, forced abortion and attempt to murder against the former Union Minister of state for home, Swami Chinmayanand on Wednesday. The FIR was lodged against the complaint of a girl who had spent a long time in his ashram in Shahjahanpur before she moved to Badaun sometime back. The complaint was lodged with the city Kotwali.
Subesh Kumar Singh, Additional Director General of Crime said that a complaint has been lodged against the girl's complaint and the investigation on the matter was going on.
As per the reports, a few days ago Shahjahanpur District Police Chief received a detailed and signed complaint from a resident of Badaun in which she accused Chinmaya of rape, assault and attempt to murder. Since the charges were leveled against a former Union Minister, the police asked the complainant to personally appear before a senior police officer for a preliminary inquiry into the allegations. On Wednesday, the victim appeared before the police. She told the senior police officers that the crime was committed against her during her stay at the Chinmayanand's Mumukh Ashram in the district.
The victim told the police that she lived in the Mumukh Ashram for several years and after persistent abuse, decided to flee from the premises. During her stay at the ashram, she was allegedly raped by Chinmayanand. The victim told the police that when she threatened him to lodge a complaint against him, he tried to kill her. She added that she was too scared to open her mouth for the fear of consequences till she fled the ashram.
News reported by AR for Newsvision newspaper

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