BJP posts Anna College intercourse assault accused’s picture with Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK responds

Gnanasekaran, 37, of Kottur, who ran a biryani stall close to the Anna College campus, was arrested by the Tamil Nadu Police.

The accused reportedly entered the college campus, thrashed the second-year engineering scholar’s male good friend, after which dragged her right into a bush earlier than sexually assaulting her.

Such an incident going down contained in the campus of a famend college has sparked a debate, protest, and a political tussle over the security of girls within the state.

In a put up on X, BJP state president Ok Annamalai shared an image of deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin and different DMK leaders with the alleged accused.

“A transparent sample emerges from the variety of such instances prior to now,” he stated, noting {that a} prison will get intently linked to native DMK functionaries after which turns into a member of the social gathering.

He additionally stated, “All of the instances registered towards him get suppressed, and he will get leeway by not being categorised as a history-sheeter or stored on the watchlist of the native police station.”

Annamalai additionally alleged that police don’t examine the present instances towards him because of the “stress” from the native DMK leaders and ministers, which permits him to “commit additional crimes”.

“How lengthy ought to the individuals of TN put up with this? Will Thiru @mkstalin ever take any duty?” the BJP state chief requested.

Protest over scholar’s assault

College students, together with members of the College students’ Federation of India (SFI) and the All India Democratic Ladies’s Affiliation (AIDWA) staged demonstrations in entrance of the college, demanding that justice be given for the survivor and environment friendly steps taken to make sure college students’ security on campus.

In the meantime, police on Tuesday detained AIADMK employees together with former governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, BJP state vp Karu Nagarajan and different saffron social gathering leaders, for protesting towards the sexual assault of the teenager Anna College scholar by a “DMK government”, Annamalai stated.

Whereas being detained, BJP’s Tamilisai instructed reporters that this transfer from the police was “atrocious”, including that they wished to “crush the voice” of the protesters.

Annamalai alleged that officers leaked the First Data Report (FIR), which had particulars of the survivor as a result of the offender was from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

“DMK has failed in its primary responsibility to guard the small print of the victims. This isn’t solely towards particular person rights but in addition an unlawful act. The Chief Minister @mkstalin is absolutely answerable for this,” he added.

The BJP state president slammed the DMK authorities and chief minister Stalin for “participating in such despicable and unscrupulous actions to guard a DMK intercourse offender”.

“Stalin, be ashamed of your self for making Tamil Nadu an unsafe state for ladies,” he added.

DMK denies allegation

DMK spokesperson A Saravanan instructed NDTV {that a} image with the social gathering chief doesn’t indicate culpability of the social gathering.

“The accused has been arrested, and he can’t escape justice from the DMK authorities,” he added.

Later, in a put up on X, Saravanan stated, “Irrespective of who did the fallacious, the Tamil Nadu police will take motion!”

“Those that can’t shake the DMK politically proceed to unfold false allegations that legislation and order have deteriorated,” he added.