UttarPradeshpoliceonWednesdayclaimedthatthestudentwhowentmissingafterallegingharassmentbyBJPleaderSwamiChinmayanandhasbeenspottedataDelhihotel.
Butshehadalreadyleftthehotelwhenapoliceteamreachedthere,theysaid.
Thepost-graduatestudenthasbeenmissingatleastsinceSaturday,whenavideoclipsurfacedinwhichsheaccusedaseniorleaderofthesantcommunityofharassingandthreateningtokillher.Shedidnotdirectlynamehim.
HerfatherallegedinapolicecomplaintonTuesdaythatsheandothergirlsatacollegerunbyChinmayanand'sashramweresexuallyharassedbytheBJPleader.
AformerUnionminister,Chinmayanandfacedsimilaraccusationsin2011andwasbookedforrapingawomanwhostayedathisashram.
Withthestudentstillmissing,theNationalCommissionforWomenandUttarPradesh'swomencommissionhaveexpressedconcern.
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ChinmayanandwasbookedonTuesdayundertheIndianPenalCodesectionsrelatedtoabductionformurderandintimidation.Hislawyer,however,hasallegedthatthereisanattempttoblackmailhimforRs5crore.
"ThegirlwhohadlevelledchargesofabductionagainstChinmayanandwaslastseeninahotelinDwarkainsouth-westDelhionAugust23,"AdditionalDirectorGeneralofPolice(Bareillyzone)AvinashChandratoldPTIonWednesday.
Whenthepoliceteamreachedthehotel,itfoundthatthewomanhadalreadylefttheplace,hesaid.
TheADGsaidamanisseenwithherintheCCTVfootagewiththepolice.
Apparentlyreferringtothesamefootageshowntohim,thestudent'sfathertoldatvchannelthatitappearedsuspicious.
HetoldPTIthatafterreportsthattheirdaughterhadgonemissing,hermothervisitedherhostelbutfoundherroomlocked.
MywifethenspoketoChinmayanandoverthephoneandhetoldherthatheisinHaridwarandwouldlookforthegirlonhisreturn.Afterthis,hisphonewasswitchedoff,"thefathersaid.
"OnAugust24,acallcamefromanunknownnumberinDelhi,andmydaughtersaidsheisfine.Later,hermothercalledheruponthesamenumber,butshewastoldbythehotelstaffthatagirlhadcomeinawhitecar.Sheusedthatnumberashermobilebalancehadexhausted,"hesaid.
InNovember2011,Chinmayanandwasbookedforallegedlyrapingawomanwhohadspentseveralyearsathisashram.
IntheFIRlodgedbythatwomen'sfather,Chinmayanand,whohasbeenanMPthreetimes,wasaccusedofconfiningheratanashraminHaridwar.
TheBJPleadermovedthehighcourt,whichstayedhisarrest.Thecasehasbeenpendingsincethen.Lastyear,theYogiAdityanathgovernmentinUttarPradeshsoughttowithdrawthecase.
InthevideowhichsurfacedonsocialmediaonAugust24,themissingwomanalleged,Aseniorleaderofthesantcommunity,whohasalreadydestroyedthelivesofmanygirls,isnowthreateningtokillme."
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