Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai, clad in a green dhoti, flogged himself in front of his residence in Coimbatore, protesting against the state police.

After the alleged sexual assault of a second-year student at Anna University, Chennai police conducted a security checks in the campus in Chennai on December 26. All students, staffs and officials were thoroughly checked while entering the University campus.

He was known to have been involved in at least 13 petty crimes in the past, including minor theft and robbery, police said.

Amid the massive political row over the sexual assault case on Anna University's campus in Chennai, the BJP has alleged that the arrested accused is a DMK worker who has been involved in similar crime

Accused 37-year-old Gnanasekaran had been arrested in 2011 on charges of sexually assaulting another woman on the same campus

A 37-year-old man, Gnanasekaran, was arrested for allegedly raping a second-year engineering student from Anna University and filming her with a male

In a statement on his social media handle on X, actor Vijay said the news of sexual assault on a student of Anna University was 'deeply shocking and painful'

The second-year engineering student was sitting with her male friend in the campus, when two men attacked the latter and then sexually assaulted her in a bush.

While speaking on an alleged sexual assault case in Anna University, VCK Founder-President Thol. Thirumavalavan said Tamil Nadu govt. should take necessary steps to punish the real culprits. Thol. Thirumavalavan,

Actor-politician Vijay urged the MK Stalin-led government in Tamil Nadu to ensure swift justice for the Anna University sexual assault survivor and to enhance women's safety measures using the Nirbhaya Fund.