The interim anticipatory bail was granted to Chinmayanand till the next date of listing on 6 February, on furnishing a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh, along with two sureties.
The woman categorically denied that she had levelled any allegation against Chinmayanand as the prosecution had charged, leading to a case of perjury against her.
The 23-year-old law student was booked for extortion after former union minister Chinmayanand accused her and three others of blackmailing him for Rs 5 crore.
Former Union minister Chinmayanand is in jail on charges of sexually assaulting a law student. The SIT is also looking into the case of the student allegedly extorting Chinmayanand.
Authorities are running parallel investigations into BJP leader Chinmayanand, accused of rape, and his accuser, a UP law student suspected of blackmailing the politician.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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