Yogi Adityanath government sets up Special Investigation Team

Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe charges levelled by a woman law student in Shahjahanpur against former Union Minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand. This has been done on the directives of the Supreme Court.

The SIT will look into the two cross-FIRs filed in the high-profile case. A statement issued by the UP Home Department said: “A decision has been taken by UP Chief Secretary R.K. Tiwari to constitute an SIT, which would be headed by IG (Public Grievance) Naveen Arora.”

Directions have also been issued by the Yogi Adityanath government to include policemen with a clean image in the probe panel. “This SIT will ensure impartial investigation into the two cross FIRs filed in the Shahjahanpur case and also probe the allegations levelled,” the statement said.

Instructions have also been issued to Divisional Commissioner, Bareilly, and Vice Chancellor of the Mahatma Jyotibha Phule Ruhelkhand University, Bareilly, to ensure the admission of the law student and her brother at the university or any other affiliated college. Directions have also been issued to the Superintendent of Police, Shahjahanpur to provide adequate security, it said. (IANS)

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