Chennai Scholar Sexual Assault: Excessive Courtroom Directs SIT Probe, Rs 25 Lakh Compensation To Sufferer

CHENNAI: The Madras Excessive Courtroom on Saturday directed structure of a Particular Investigation Workforce (SIT) to probe the alleged sexual assault of a lady pupil within the Anna College campus right here lately. All three members of the SIT will likely be ladies IPS officers. The court docket additionally directed the state authorities to pay the sufferer a compensation of Rs 25 lakh.

A bench of Justice S M Subramaniam and Justice V Lakshminarayan gave the order whereas listening to a plea for transferring the probe into the matter to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The bench additional stated the sufferer’s research shouldn’t be affected. Anna College mustn’t cost any charges from her.

The lady was sexually assaulted within the campus of the premier technical varsity lately, prompting widespread outrage from opposition events and the civil society. One particular person has been arrested up to now in reference to the incident.

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