The alleged rape happened around 8 pm on Monday when the victim was chatting with a male friend in a remote part of the 180-acre Anna University campus in Chennai.

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

Gnanasekaran, a man with three wives and a history of criminal activities, was arrested for raping an engineering student on the Anna University campus, where his wife works. The swift arrest was made with the help of CCTV footage.

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 accused entered the campus and sexually assaulted the second-year student behind a building after thrashing a male student, who was accompanying her.

Gnanasekaran, recently arrested for raping an engineering student at Anna University, is a repeat offender with a history of convictions and pending c

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,

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.

The NCW criticized the Tamil Nadu police for negligence following the sexual assault of a 19-year-old Anna University student by a habitual offender.

CHENNAI: Amid outrage over the sexual assault of the student on Anna University campus and protests by students and opposition parties, in a shocking lapse on Thursday, the FIR filed on Tuesday by the Kotturpuram All Women Police Station (AWPS) in the case landed in public domain.