A writ petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Direcor General of Police (DGP) and the Inspector of Kotturpuram police station in Chennai to conduct an inquiry regarding Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) former State president K. Annamalai’s claim that he was in possession of certain records related to the Anna University sexual assault case.
The writ petition (criminal) has been numbered and expected to be listed before Justice P. Velmurugan this week. Advoate M.L. Ravi, also the president of Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi, had filed the petition. The petitioner had sought a direction to the DGP to instruct the Inspector to register a First Information Report (FIR) on the basis of a complaint lodged by the writ petitioner on May 31, 2025.
Anna University sexual assault case: Lone accused Gnanasekar convicted
The petitioner stated that a woman engineering student had been subjected to sexual abuse at the Anna University campus in Chennai by biriyani seller D. Gnanasekar on December 23, 2024. According to the victim, the aggressor had intervened when she was close with her boyfriend and threatened that he would disclose the incident to the top brass of the college if she does not budge to his sexual desire.
