Jan 09, 2025 08:54 AM IST
Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin admitted on the ground of the state meeting that the accused within the Anna College sexual assault case is a sympathiser of his Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), however not a member and promised that his authorities would guarantee justice for the survivor.
A Madras excessive court-appointed particular investigation group (SIT) started probing the crime after the Chennai police arrested the lone accused Gnanasekaran, a biryani vendor subsequent to the campus of the town’s premier engineering establishment.
“I guarantee you that the accused who has been arrested is just not a DMK member however he’s a DMK sympathiser,” Stalin mentioned days after opposition events AIADMK and BJP launched images of him with DMK leaders and of him attending the ruling celebration’s public occasions. “If the accused had not been not arrested or if the accused was being shielded, the federal government could be blamed. However he was arrested inside a number of hours.”
AIADMK MLAs wore black in protest and in addition claimed that there was a second accused. The police have denied this and Stalin requested the opposition to offer proof to police, if they’ve any, of a second accused. The survivor, in her grievance had mentioned that the accused spoke to somebody over cellphone calling him “sir” in the course of the assault. Whereas police mentioned that the accused put his cellphone on airplane mode and pretended to obtain directions from somebody to instil concern within the survivor, the AIADMK has been insisting that there’s a second accused with some members sporting badges with the legend “Who’s that ‘sir’?” in Tamil.
“The opposition asks, ‘Who’s that, ‘sir’?’ In case you have proof, please present it to the SIT as an alternative of indulging in low-cost actions for short-term political positive factors,” Stalin mentioned within the meeting.
In her grievance to the police, the girl mentioned she was with a male good friend behind a constructing on December 23 when the accused threatened them. He first assaulted her male good friend, a third-year scholar, earlier than sexually assaulting her. She filed the grievance the subsequent day and the 37-year-old accused was quickly arrested. The Madras excessive courtroom had criticised the town police over the leak of the FIR within the case and transferred the probe to the SIT comprising three senior girls IPS officers who’re probing the crime in addition to the leak which revealed the survivor’s identification.
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