[<<After Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered the withdrawal of a rape case against former union minister Swami Chinmayanand, the rape survivor has appealed to President Ram Nath Kovind, UP governor Ram Naik and Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra for justice. ... "I have no hope with the UP administration so I appealed to the Chief Justice of India. The government needs to stop interfering in the matter," the woman said.
She used to be a disciple of Chinmayanand at his ashram between 2000 and 2011. It is during this time that she alleges he raped her. "I suffered for 11 years but could not speak out because he would give me death threats and keep me under constant surveillance. Several other girls also went through the torture but could never speak out as he got them married off to his own employees. I got out as I managed to get help from an outsider who later married me," she said.>>] https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amid-move-to-drop-case-against-ex-minister-rape-survivor-appeals-to-president-1837311 Amid Move To Drop Case Against Ex-Minister, Rape Survivor Appeals To President I am not even being allowed a fair trial, said the 39-year-woman who has accused former union minister Swami Chinmayanand of raping her All India | Written by Sukirti Dwivedi | Updated: April 14, 2018 08:03 IST Amid Move To Drop Case Against Ex-Minister, Rape Survivor Appeals To President Click to Play Yogi Adityanath visited Swami Chimayanand's ashram in February this year BADAUN/UTTAR PRADESH: After Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered the withdrawal of a rape case against former union minister Swami Chinmayanand, the rape survivor has appealed to President Ram Nath Kovind, UP governor Ram Naik and Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra for justice. "This decision by the chief minister is completely wrong. Instead of supporting me, the government is supporting the accused. I am not even being allowed a fair trial. The accused is politically too powerful and I am too weak," the 39-year-old rape survivor told NDTV. The rape case against Chinmayanand was filed at a police station in Shahjahanpur in 2011 and police had filed a chargesheet against him in 2012. However, the three-time lawmaker managed to get a stay on his arrest from the Allahabad high court. The next hearing in the case is set to take place on May 15 in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Shahjahanpur. On February 25, Yogi Adityanath had visited Chinamayanand's ashram in Shahjahanpur to inaugurate the Mumuksh Yuva Mahotsav. This is the meeting where he is said to have requested the Chief Minister to withdraw the case. yogichinmayanand Yogi Adityanath had visited Chinamayanand's ashram to inaugurate the Mumuksh Yuva Mahotsav The Chief Minister then directed the Law department to issue an order for withdrawal of the rape case. Acting on the order dated March 6, Additional District Magistrate (Administration) Jitendra Sharma issued a letter on March 9, directing the public prosecutor to file an application in the court under Section 321 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, to withdraw the case. "I have no hope with the UP administration so I appealed to the Chief Justice of India. The government needs to stop interfering in the matter," the woman said. She used to be a disciple of Chinmayanand at his ashram between 2000 and 2011. It is during this time that she alleges he raped her. "I suffered for 11 years but could not speak out because he would give me death threats and keep me under constant surveillance. Several other girls also went through the torture but could never speak out as he got them married off to his own employees. I got out as I managed to get help from an outsider who later married me," she said. NDTV Beeps - your daily newslet -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
