The Madras High Court on Saturday ordered to constitute an all-women Special Investigation Team (SIT) led by IPS officers to investigate the Anna University sexual assault case. The court also directed Tamil Nadu government to pay Rs 25 lakh as compensation to the victim in connection with the FIR leak with the details of the women published on the police website.

A second-year student of Anna University was allegedly sexually assaulted by the accused on the university campus on December 23. The accused, 37-year-old Gnanasekharan, who works as a food vendor, was arrested by police from Kotturpuram.

The Madras High Court (HC) after finding lapses in the investigations into the sexual assault case on the Anna University campus in Chennai had ordered a Specia

Chennai: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Saturday formed a fact-finding committee to probe the alleged sexual assault of a 19-year-old student at Chennai’s Anna University. The committee was constituted on the directions of NCW chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar.

In the Anna University sexual assault case, Gnanasekaran allegedly intimidated and threatened his victim. The NCW has condemned the incident and deman

The Chennai City police have registered a case against members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for organising a protest against the sexual assault on a student of Anna University, by carrying a cloth dummy symbolising the ruling DMK and insisting that it be “treated for weakness” at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH).

The court also took firm action regarding the breach of the victim's privacy and the leak of the FIR, ordering the Tamil Nadu government to compensate the victim with Rs 25 lakh in recognition of the trauma caused by the FIR's disclosure.

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The accused, identified as 37-year-old Gnanasekaran, allegedly attacked the male friend before dragging the survivor behind a building and sexually assaulting her.

The SIT, comprising women IPS officers, will also examine the leak of the First Information Report (FIR), which led to the disclosure of the victim's identity.

The Madras high court has set up an all-women Special Investigation Team to investigate the Anna University sexual assault case. The court also ordere