Former Union Minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand said that he was being framed in a case of abduction and sexual harassment.

After immense pressure from the media, the Uttar Pradesh Police has registered an FIR against former Union Minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand as a law student went missing days after accusing him of sexual harassment. The student who went missing from her college hostel in Shahjahanpur has now been traced in Delhi.

On August 24, the woman had posted a video on social media claiming that she had proof which could land Chinmayanand in trouble and alleged that due to this, the BJP leader threatened her and her family. However, Chinmayanan told the police that he was being blackmailed.

In the video, the girl requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to help her and save the life of her family. "I am from Shahjahanpur and pursuing LLM from Swani Sukhdev College. A big leader of the saint society, who has destroyed the lives of several girls, has been threatening me for life. I have all the evidence against him. I request Modi ji and Yogi ji to please help me. He has even threatened to kill my family," she said in the video.

She went missing a day after the video was posted. Despite receiving a written complaint against Chinmayanand from the woman's father, the UP Police delayed filing a case for at least four days. The police finally lodged an FIR against Swami Chinmayanand and others for threatening the girl and her family on August 26. The case has now taken a fresh twist as police have traced the woman in New Delhi, along with one of her college seniors.

Chinmayanand has also alleged that he has received a ransom call of Rs 5 crore via WhatsApp. During investigation, police tracked a phone call made by the woman to her mother in Delhi. Police also found CCTV footage from a hotel in Dwarka which establishes the presence of the woman with the man who reportedly made an extortion call to Chinmayanand. The man also reportedly hails from Shahjahanpur.

Police found his Aadhaar card which was submitted as address proof at the Delhi hotel. The duo shifted to another hotel on August 25. The police have also traced the location and the route that the two of them took from Shahjahanpur to Delhi through the records of their mobile phones.

Sources said that after August 24, both of them switched off their phones and probably started using new numbers. The victim, who alleged that Chinmayanand was sexually harassing her, was in touch with the local man for the past several days.

The records of her mobile phone established that the two were staying in the same premises in Delhi. Earlier, Chinmayanand said that he was being framed in a case of abduction and sexual harassment as part of a conspiracy.

The BJP leader said that this is a conspiracy against him and attempts have been made to blackmail him and extort money. Her father alleged in a police complaint on Tuesday that she and other girls at a college run by Chinmayanand's ashram were harassed by the BJP leader.