CHENNAI: Greater Chennai Police commissioner A Arun said that cops took swift action in the case of the rape of an Anna University student on the premises of the institute by solving the case within 24 hours.

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

Tamil Nadu BJP President K. Annamalai has alleged that Gnanasekaran, a biryani vendor arrested in the Anna University rape case, is a habitual offender and serves as the deputy organiser of the

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

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 student at Anna University was raped by Gnanasekaran, a 37-year-old with a criminal record, on campus. The incident occurred on December

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

Tamil Nadu BJP leader Annamalai condemned the act of publicising the details of the identity of the victim through the FIR.

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