Chinmayanand, meanwhile, is under “observation” in the Cardiology Ward of SGPGI, Lucknow. He had complained of ‘ill-health’.

The BJP leader was arrested on 20 September in the sexual assault case but has been booked under Section 376 C of the IPC – sexual intercourse by a person in authority, not amounting to rape. However, ever since charges have been framed against him, he has been under observation in a Lucknow hospital.

The survivor on the other hand, has already spent a day in jail. Her father has been gagged, he has been asked not to speak to the media.