In the video, Sant Premadas declares himself innocent and accuses the couple, a member of women's commission and others of blackmailing him for an amount of Rs 15 lakhs.
Swamy Chinmayanand, a former BJP leader, has been in judicial custody since his arrest on September 20. A law student had alleged that Chinmayanand had been sexually exploiting her.
The SIT probing the case has said that they have video evidence of the girl discussing extortion strategy with her friends involved in demanding a ransom from Swami Chinmayanand.
The Allahabad High Court today turned down the law student's petition seeking a stay on arrest in the extortion case filed by Swami Chinmayanand against her
As Chinmayanand was arrested today SIT today, a man named Sanjay Singh, with who she was found in Rajasthan, has also been arrested on charges of extortion.
After being on the run for months Atul Rai had surrendered before the Varanasi Magistrate on June 22 after which the court rejected his bail plea and send him to judicial custody