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

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

Anna University Registrar, J Prakash, said the varsity was extending full cooperation to the police in its investigation and the ICC also had commenced an inquiry. "The university administration is extending full cooperation for the police investigation,

A second-year engineering student was sexually assaulted inside the campus of the prestigious Anna University in Chennai on Wednesday morning. Two men thrashed her male friend on the sprawling campus before sexually assaulting her.

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.

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

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.