Swami Chinmayanand taken to PGI after pain in chest

LUCKNOW: Former Union minister

Swami Chinmayanand

, accused of sexually harassing a law student enrolled in a college run by his Trust, was admitted to

Sanjay Gandhi

Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) after he complained of chest pain on Monday.

The BJP leader was lodged in

Shahjahanpur

jail after being sent on 14-day remand.

Chief medical superintendent, SGPGI, Prof Amit Agarwal said: “Swami Chinmayanand was admitted to medical intensive care unit after he complained of chest pain. He was attended by Prof PK Goel whose team conducted

angiography

on him. The report revealed there is no significant blockage and he does not need angioplasty.”

He said Chinmayanand was a diabetic and his condition would be stabilised with medicines. “He will be discharged in due course of time,” Prof Agarwal said.

On August 24, the law student had posted a video from her social media account in which she alleged that Swami Chinmayanand had been sexually harassing her for over a year.

An SIT was constituted after the Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of the matter on September 2 and directed the high court to monitor investigation.


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