DMK govt total failure in maintaining law and order: L Murugan on sexual assault case at Anna University
"The Tamil Nadu government is a total failure in maintaining law and order in the state. The incident at Anna University is shameful," Murugan told ANI.
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Dec 29, 2024 22:10 IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 29 (ANI): Union Minister L Murugan on Sunday slammed the DMK government in Tamil Nadu over the sexual assault incident at the Anna University
"The Tamil Nadu government is a total failure in maintaining law and order in the state. The incident at Anna University is shameful," Murugan told ANI.
The minister also said that the state police failed to protect the victim's information.
"It doesn't matter if the police released or leaked the FIR, they have failed to protect the victim's information. DMK should stop hiding and come forward to give justice to the victim... Today, our mahila morcha is conducting agitations and the party's state President is going to Arupadai temples for the victim," he said.
Meanwhile, the Madras High Court on Saturday constituted an all-women IPS officers' Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate both the sexual assault case and the FIR leak case. Justices SM Subramaniam and V Lakshminarayanan formed the SIT, comprising IPS officers Sneha Priya, Ayman Jamal, and Brinda, to probe the incidents. The court directed the Tamil Nadu government to compensate the victim with Rs 25 lakh for the trauma caused by the FIR leak.
Additionally, the court ordered Anna University to provide the victim with free education, along with boarding, lodging, and counselling support, to enable her to continue her studies.
The NCW also constituted a two-member fact-finding committee to investigate the alleged sexual assault of a 19-year-old student at Anna University. The Commission took suo motu cognizance of the case and has already issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu Director General of Police (DGP). The committee is expected to visit Chennai on Monday, December 30.
According to the Chennai Police, a second-year student was allegedly sexually assaulted on the Anna University campus on December 23. The student's complaint stated that an unidentified man threatened and assaulted her while she was talking to her friend around 8 PM. (ANI)
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