The postgraduate student who accused BJP leader Chinmayanand in a case of alleged rape on Saturday handed over a pen drive containing 43 videos to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to support her allegations. The woman was asked by the SIT to submit whatever evidence she had against the former Union minister. The investigation team questioned the student on Friday and collected evidence from Chinmayanand's bedroom, sources said on Saturday.

SIT continues questioning Chinmayanand

The SIT, formed on the orders of the Supreme Court, brought the woman to Chinmayanand's home on Friday morning where they continued the probe for around five hours and the student's mother for questioning on Saturday, the sources said.  

"The paint and other things have been changed and it now has a new look. Important evidence has been removed from there but two oil bowls, used during massage, were found by the SIT," she said, adding that a towel, toothpaste, and soap used by the BJP leader was sealed and taken away by the forensic team. The woman said she told the probe team about a young BA-LLB student who was also being tortured and had confided in her about her harassment. The postgraduate student said she has also given her statement about the FIR that was lodged in New Delhi on September 5.

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The victim was allegedly exploited for over a year

Recounting her ordeal, she said that after she took admission in LLM, Chinmayanand's men called her to his home and left her in a room on the upper floor where the former Minister showed her a video of her showering, after which her physical exploitation began. The woman, however, said that this video was not found by the probe agency in the bedroom and claimed that it could have been kept in Chinmayanand's Haridwar ashram. Chinmayanand's Counsel Om Singh denied all allegations and argued that giving a massage is not criminal, and that's the whole reason behind spas existing. "Besides, the video does not show anything being done under pressure," Om Singh said. 

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According to sources, the BJP leader was asked by the SIT not to leave Shahjahanpur till the completion of the probe and policemen in large numbers have been deployed in and around his residence. The college where the woman studied was closed since Friday and will now open on Monday, the sources said. The woman has alleged that she was raped and physically "exploited" for a year by the BJP leader. Chinmayanand's lawyer has, however, alleged an extortion attempt on her. The woman first leveled harassment charges against the BJP leader in a video clip uploaded on social media. She was then missing for several days before an Uttar Pradesh police team traced her in Rajasthan and produced her before the Supreme Court. 

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Chinmayanand questioned for seven hours by SIT

BJP leader and former Union Minister Swami Chinmayanand had been quizzed by the SIT for around seven hours in connection with a law student's allegation that he raped her, his counsel Om Singh said on Friday. He also said that the special investigation team, that came together on the orders of the Supreme Court, summoned Chinmayanad to the police on Thursday night. According to Singh, Chinmayanand was later brought back to his residence, Divya Dham in Mumukshu Ashram, under heavy security. According to sources, the SIT team also inspected the bedroom of the BJP leader at the ashram but since it was very late they sealed the room. The woman alleged that important evidence has been removed from Chinmayanand's bedroom and it now wears a new look.

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