Chennai court sentenced A Gnanasekaran, the convict in the Anna University sexual assault case, to life imprisonment, on Monday. Judge M Rajalakshmi said that the accused must remain in prison for at least 30 years without remission, news agency PTI reported.
On May 28, a Mahila Court in Chennai had pronounced Gnanasekaran as guilty in the Anna University woman student sexual assault case, with the prosecution seeking “maximum punishment” for him.
The sensational case had triggered a political row over Gnanasekaran’s alleged connections with the ruling DMK in the state, although the party president and CM Stalin had in January said he was only a sympathiser and supporter, and not a member of the Dravidian organisation.
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