Shahjahanpur Rape Case

A probe has been ordered after a video showed school students attending an online "Satsang" of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, a rape and murder convict who is out on parole.

A five-and-a-half-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by two minor boys in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.

Superintendent of Police (City) Sanjay Kumar said the woman has also alleged that Amir's family members were pressuring her to convert and get married to him.

A special court for lawmakers on Friday acquitted former Union Minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand of keeping a law student in his captivity at Shahjahanpur allegedly to rape her.

Former Union Minister Chinmayanand walked out of Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district jail to a grand welcome by his supporters on Wednesday evening, two days after he was granted bail by the Allahabad High Court in a rape case.

A special investigation team of Uttar Pradesh Police has filed chargesheets against jailed former Union Minister Chinmayanand in a rape case against a 23-year-old law student and also a separate case of extortion in which the student and her associates are under arrest for allegedly blackmailing the BJP leader.

A local court in Shahjahanpur on Thursday extended the judicial custody of former Union minister Chinmayanand till October 16. A law student has levelled rape charges against the BJP leader.

After getting discharged from a hospital in Lucknow on Monday, former Union minister Chinmayanand visited another hospital in the city complaining of an eye problem but was not admitted, officials said on Tuesday.

Former Union minister Chinmayanand, who was admitted in a hospital in Lucknow after his arrest in a rape case, was discharged on Monday evening. The 73-year-old's bail plea was denied earlier on Monday. Close to midnight, he was taken to the Shahjahanpur jail.

Congress leaders were today refused permission to take out a march in support of the jailed law student who has accused the BJP's Chinmayanand of rape.The Congress leaders wanted to march from the town of Shahjahanpur to Lucknow, 180 km away,in solidarity with the student.

The Congress will take out a "Nyay Yatra" from Shahjahanpur to Lucknow on Monday in order to ensure that justice is delivered to the woman who has accused former Union minister Chinmayanand of raping her and was later arrested in an extortion case, the party said on Sunday.

Former union minister Chinmayanand, arrested in a case of alleged rape last Friday, may not leave a hospital in Lucknow anytime soon, indicates a medical bulletin put out by doctors today.

Former Union Minister Chinmayanand, arrested last week after being accused of rape and blackmail by a young law student, is no longer a member of the BJP, the party's spokesperson in Uttar Pradesh claimed today, a month after the allegations surfaced.

A law student in Uttar Pradesh who has accused the BJP's Chinmayanand of rape was arrested and jailed today in an extortion case filed by the politician. Her family alleges that the police arrived this morning - a day before a court was to take up her request for protection from arrest - and dragged her out of their home without even her slippers.

An Uttar Pradesh court has rejected the bail application of BJP leader Chinmayanand, who was arrested in a sexual-assault case following rape allegations by a law student.

A probe has been ordered after a video showed school students attending an online "Satsang" of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, a rape and murder convict who is out on parole.

A five-and-a-half-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by two minor boys in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.

Superintendent of Police (City) Sanjay Kumar said the woman has also alleged that Amir's family members were pressuring her to convert and get married to him.

A special court for lawmakers on Friday acquitted former Union Minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand of keeping a law student in his captivity at Shahjahanpur allegedly to rape her.

Former Union Minister Chinmayanand walked out of Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district jail to a grand welcome by his supporters on Wednesday evening, two days after he was granted bail by the Allahabad High Court in a rape case.

A special investigation team of Uttar Pradesh Police has filed chargesheets against jailed former Union Minister Chinmayanand in a rape case against a 23-year-old law student and also a separate case of extortion in which the student and her associates are under arrest for allegedly blackmailing the BJP leader.

A local court in Shahjahanpur on Thursday extended the judicial custody of former Union minister Chinmayanand till October 16. A law student has levelled rape charges against the BJP leader.

After getting discharged from a hospital in Lucknow on Monday, former Union minister Chinmayanand visited another hospital in the city complaining of an eye problem but was not admitted, officials said on Tuesday.

Former Union minister Chinmayanand, who was admitted in a hospital in Lucknow after his arrest in a rape case, was discharged on Monday evening. The 73-year-old's bail plea was denied earlier on Monday. Close to midnight, he was taken to the Shahjahanpur jail.

Congress leaders were today refused permission to take out a march in support of the jailed law student who has accused the BJP's Chinmayanand of rape.The Congress leaders wanted to march from the town of Shahjahanpur to Lucknow, 180 km away,in solidarity with the student.

The Congress will take out a "Nyay Yatra" from Shahjahanpur to Lucknow on Monday in order to ensure that justice is delivered to the woman who has accused former Union minister Chinmayanand of raping her and was later arrested in an extortion case, the party said on Sunday.

Former union minister Chinmayanand, arrested in a case of alleged rape last Friday, may not leave a hospital in Lucknow anytime soon, indicates a medical bulletin put out by doctors today.

Former Union Minister Chinmayanand, arrested last week after being accused of rape and blackmail by a young law student, is no longer a member of the BJP, the party's spokesperson in Uttar Pradesh claimed today, a month after the allegations surfaced.

A law student in Uttar Pradesh who has accused the BJP's Chinmayanand of rape was arrested and jailed today in an extortion case filed by the politician. Her family alleges that the police arrived this morning - a day before a court was to take up her request for protection from arrest - and dragged her out of their home without even her slippers.

An Uttar Pradesh court has rejected the bail application of BJP leader Chinmayanand, who was arrested in a sexual-assault case following rape allegations by a law student.