Chinmayanand case: Father claims evidence missing

SHAHJAHANPUR — The Chinmayanand case has taken yet another turn with the law students father now claiming that evidence has gone missing from the girls hostel room. “My daughter had safely kept the evidence against the accused in her hostel room which was later sealed on court orders. When the Special Investigation Team (SIT) opened the seal on September 9, some of the evidences were missing from the room,” he claimed on Thursday.

The seal of the room was broken in the presence of the girl and her father. The girl had earlier claimed that she had kept evidences of the case in ‘safe places’.

“My daughter had recorded evidence against the accused in hidden cameras fitted in two spectacles. Both are missing. The room was sealed two days after we made a request in this regard. My daughter’s friend has also given evidences in a pen drive to the investigating officers,” he said.

The officers in the SIT, meanwhile, refused to comment on the progress in the case or the allegations of the girl’s father’s. The Shahjahanpur police officials also refused to speak on the matter.

Sources close to the girl have claimed that the video that is now viral on the social media, showing Chinmayanand, 73, in a state of undress and being massaged by a girl, was shot by the victim through the hidden camera fitted in her spectacles. “There are 12 such videos that will confirm the murky side of the saint-turned-politician. The police is apparently working overtime to save Chinmayanand who is a friend of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.” —