A law college student in Shahjahanpur of Uttar Pradesh has accused former Union minister and influential BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand of sexual harassment. She is a student of LLM (postgraduation in law). She has been reported missing after a video of her allegations went viral on social media over the weekend.

In video, the woman has alleged that the former Union minister of state for home affairs "has ruined lives of many girls" including hers. She claims to possess "all evidence" against Swami Chinmayanand, who she says, "is very powerful and the DM [district magistrate] and SP [superintendant of police] can't act against him."

She has alleged that there is threat to her family as she has proof of alleged misdeeds of Swami Chinmayanad. The family has lodged a police complaint in Shahjahanpur against Swami Chinmayanand holding him responsible for disappearance of the girl from college hostel.

Meanwhile, a counter-complaint has also been lodged by the supporters of Swami Chinmayanand. According to the counter-complaint, an anonymous call was made to Swami Chinmayanand demanding Rs 5 crore.

The caller threatened, the complainant claimed, that if the money was not paid, videos would be put out on social media. Police are investigating the matter after receiving complaints from both sides.

Reports say that the woman has been untraceable since Saturday. Before she went missing, her video had surfaced on social media. She sought intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the matter.

Swami Chinmayanand was a Union minister in the third Atal Bihari Vajpayee government (1999-2004). He was a member of the Lok Sabha from Jaunpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh during the period.