Cops Leaked Anna University Sexual Assault Victim’s Identity, Alleges Tamil Nadu BJP

Last Updated:December 26, 2024, 15:46 IST

Anna University Sexual Assault Case: Tamil Nadu BJP leader Annamalai condemned the act of publicising the details of the identity of the victim through the FIR.

Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai | Image/X

Anna University Sexual Assault Case: The Tamil Nadu BJP unit on Thursday accused the state police of leaking the identity details of the Anna University sexual assault victim by making public the details of the FIR registered in the case.

It comes amid the ongoing outrage and political row over the sexual assault case from Anna University’s campus in Chennai where a 19-year-old student was sexually assaulted, and her male friend was attacked by two unidentified men on December 23, according to the complaint filed on Tuesday.

Tamil Nadu BJP leader Annamalai condemned the act of publicising the details of the identity of the victim through the FIR and wrote a letter to the National Commission of Women, seeking action against the officials involved in leaking the victim’s details.

“In the case of the female student at Anna University, what is even more intolerable is the fact that the Tamil Nadu Police has made public the details of the identity of the victim along with her residential address through the FIR copy,” the BJP leader wrote in the letter.

“This heinous and imprudent act of the TN police is a blatant breach of the rights of the victim. The act seems to be a concerted effort of the TN Police and the ruling PuK dispensation to malign the victim’s character to salvage the state’s collapsed maintenance of Law and Order,” the letter added.

He further slammed the ruling DMK for supporting people involved in crime against women. “It is disheartening that these perpetrators of crimes against women influence the police force of Tamil Nadu with the fullest support from local DMK leaders, MLAs and Ministers.”

Annamalai Slams DMK For Identity Leak

The BJP leader mounted his attack on the DMK, saying that the ruling party has failed in its basic duty to protect the details of the victims. “This is not only against individual rights but also an illegal act. Chief Minister MK Stalin is fully responsible for this,” Annamalai said in an X post.

“I strongly condemn the DMK government and Chief Minister Stalin, who is in charge of the police, for engaging in such despicable and unscrupulous activities to protect a DMK sex offender. Stalin, be ashamed of yourself for making Tamil Nadu an unsafe state for women,” he added.

Accused From DMK, Alleges BJP

Earlier, Annamalai alleged that the accused has been involved in similar crimes in the past and shared his pictures with top DMK leaders, including Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, son of Chief Minister MK Stalin.

Gnanasekaran, the arrested accused, is the deputy organiser of DMK’s Saidai East student wing, the BJP leader claimed. The accused has been remanded to judicial custody for 15 days following a massive protest seeking legal action against him.

Responding to the allegations, DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Law Minister S Regupathi on Thursday rejected the charges and said that the accused in the varsity student sexual assault case is not even a primary member of the DMK.

On the photograph of the accused with MK Stalin’s son, the minister said that there was a clear gap between Gnanasekaran and the Deputy CM, and it showed the picture was clicked by someone and such instances cannot be prevented.

Police said that the victim, who used to sell biryani on the roadside outside the university, confessed to the crime and further investigation to track his involvement in past cases is underway.

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Tamil Nadu, India