SC orders SIT probe against ex-BJP MP

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court directed the Uttar Pradesh government on Monday to set up a special investigating team led by an inspector general of police rank officer to probe the charges of sexual harassment and exploitation levelled by a woman law student against former Union minister and BJP MP Swami Chinmayanand.

A bench, comprising Justices R Banumathi and AS Bopanna, passed the orders in the presence of additional solicitor general Vikramjit Banerjee and standing counsel Aishwarya Bhatti who were appearing for the state government.

Banerjee informed the court of the first information report (FIR) filed by Chinmayanand against the woman in the case and also objected to alleged politicisation of charges by her.


Advocate Shobha, who had drawn the court’s attention to the woman’s plight, prompting the court to step in and meet her personally, immediately raised an objection to the government flagging such issues as an attempt to scandalise her reputation.

The bench also said that the Allahabad High Court would monitor the investigations into the case