Bhubaneswar Commissionerate police arrested three persons on Monday for allegedly assaulting Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo during office hours.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an accused from Aizawl, Mizoram in connection with a case involving the sexual assault of a minor and possession and dissemination of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).
BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan acknowledged the swift legal process in the sexual assault case of Anna University campus, and questioned the Stalin government's claim of credit for it.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin praised the Chennai Mahila court's verdict after it awarded the life sentence for a minimum period of 30 years without remission and a fine of Rs 90,000 to the accused Gnanasekaran, who has been convicted of sexually harassing a student on the Anna Univers
After Chennai Mahila court sentenced accused A. Gnanasekaran to life imprisonment for at least 30 years and a fine of Rs 90,000 in the Anna University rape case, his advocate BR Jayaprakash Narayanan on Monday said that they will appeal before an upper court in the coming times.
A Mahila Court here on Monday awarded life sentence for a minimum period of 30 years without remission and a fine of Rs 90,000 to the accused Gnanasekaran, who has been convicted for sexually harassing a student on the Anna University campus in December last year.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday hailed the state police, investigating officers and government lawyers for expeditious verdict in the Anna University sexual assault case.
Advocate B Jayaprakash Narayanan, who was representing the accused in the Anna University sexual assault case, said that the trial of the case had been completed in 35 days and the court had framed charges against only one person.