A special court in Chennai on Friday sentenced Gnanasekaran to 30 years in prison and imposed a fine of ₹90,000 in the Anna University sexual abuse case. He had earlier been found guilty on all 11 charges. Justice Rajalakshmi delivered the verdict, marking a decisive conclusion to the high-profile case.
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00:00All right big story breaking at this hour this has got to do with the Tamil Nadu University
00:09sex abuse sentencing 30 years imprisonment and 90,000 rupees in fine for the accused in this
00:15case has been pronounced guilty remember the quantum of punishment were to be announced
00:20it's just been announced 30 years in jail for the convict here and 90,000 rupees in
00:29fine is what we are learning the court has found the accused guilty on all cars and this
00:38is the quantum of punishment that has just been pronounced by the court in connection
00:43with the Anna University sexual assault matter I'm going to go straight across to Pramod getting
00:50in more details 30 years in prison 90,000 rupees in fine tell us a little more about what the
00:58court has just said Pramod certainly stay hard I delight behind us you see this is a
01:05Madras High Court's campus where we also have the Mahila court where the understatement was
01:09brought around 9 a.m. in the morning and the justice Jailishmi also reached the spot and
01:13what happened is that just like 10 minutes ago he was brought into the courtroom where
01:17he was actually the justice started actually going ahead and pronouncing the verdict we've
01:22been informed that 30 years imprisonment and 90,000 rupees has been given as a fine however we've
01:27also been informed that he was Jnana Segrin was charged under 11 sections and for each section a
01:33separate kind of like years for imprisonment has been provided we are waiting for the details on
01:38that but for now it has been very clearly mentioned that Jnana Segrin the convict in Anna
01:42University sexual assault case has been pronounced with 30 years of imprisonment and rupees 90,000 as fines
01:50all right be with us I'm just going to come back to you Pramod Madhav getting in those details
01:54J Sarvanana of the DMK is also with us thank you for your time your response to what has happened
01:59here the court now pronouncing of course has been pronounced guilty on the 28th of May and the
02:05quantum of punishment 30 years in prison how do you see it it's a welcome verdict he deserves that
02:13punishment the way he has sexually assaulted a student in the university campus it sends a
02:19message that any assault on women will not be tolerated we welcome this judgment
02:25wholeheartedly so many political issues were raised they wanted to politicize this gruesome crime but
02:33the Tamil Nadu police and the Tamil Nadu government ensure justice has been served to the victim that too in 157 days
02:42you know but the opposition would say that this is an embarrassment to your party I know you've spoken
02:48about this in the past but I want to ask you again you know as far as the acquisitions from the opposition
02:56here is concerned linking your party with the guilty here see every party there will be rotten apples it
03:06doesn't mean that the party that will become an embarrassment for the party it all depends what
03:11is the response that the criminals were shielded by the party for example bridgebushan thing what an
03:18embarrassment did the BJP feel any embarrassment about bridgebushan thing and he has the audacity to question
03:24Rahul Gandhi and shameless news channels are giving air to him who what is more embarrassing than that
03:34the top most athletes were sexually assaulted by that test but still he is roaming as though he is a superhero of our country
03:45and BJP is not embarrassed by that
03:47all right but you know you've drawn a you've drawn this comparison but the fact is that two wrongs would never make one right isn't it
03:56you know A7 and it's not what about what I say it's about how you respond to what the opposition is saying
04:06yes that is what I'm saying this is my response see that's what I'm saying two wrongs does not make one right correct
04:13but see I'm asking you what is the response of the party to this crime and the government to this crime
04:20this action has been taken but what about this man bridgebushan thing box the case has been closed and shared of and shared of
04:30okay this is the thing I want to draw
04:34be with us I'll just bring in Kovai Satyam also of the aidmk asarvanan Kovai Satyam your response to what is now being said by the DMK and of course to what has happened in court a few moments ago where the quantum of punishment is
04:50has been to announce 30 years in prison for the guilty Indiana University sexual assault matter
04:56we welcome the court verdict however the question who is it sir is not answered it okay he is given punishment for the heinous crime he had committed but the intent is what matters
05:11the intent to exploit innocent women in exchange of sexual waivers for somebody who is in the senior ranks
05:18that's what matters so there is a nexus they have just nabbed one person and who are all being this nexus they should also be brought to the justice
05:28okay you can't just go scot-free by telling only one person is the offender and he has committed this
05:35okay so what you are saying is that it's not just one person this is a charge you've made in the past as well what is the expectation given that we've seen
05:45you know speedy trial in this entire matter over the past few months or so Kovai Satyam the trial was speedy just because DMK wanted to help those people who are behind this
05:57they decided who are behind this they decided who is the culprit they decided it's only one person and they pressed all the missionaries to work towards that
06:07police were never given the free hand even for that matter the person who was who was in SIT the commissioner quit halfway
06:15so there is nothing DMK can take credit about this they have decided who is the culprit is
06:21okay and the entire mechanism work towards ensuring that he is the only person who has been uh this thing
06:28polished
06:29all right be with us i'm just going to bring in a Sarvanan for more in fact his response to what is being said by the AIDMK here
06:36that is a scandalous uh statement it shows that they don't believe in the courts and the verdicts of the court and they don't believe see when the incident happened it is the ADMK party which approached the court
06:51they said they wanted a cbi investigation the row said no nothing to it there will not be any cbi investigation but we will appoint three officers and form a special investigation team
07:03and the chart sheet was filed in february what was the ADMK doing it was common knowledge that there was only one person accused
07:10so if they they on the one hand they claimed it is they who got justice for the victim
07:16now for political convenience they are making the allegation that the investigation was shoddy
07:21if they have to get justice for the victim they should have approached that court again or they should have gone to the supreme court
07:28saying that these things have happened so they want to play hot and cold and they stand exposed they are not able to they thought this is Polachi
07:41this is not Polachi Mr. Kovach at the end Polachi sexual assault only because the culprit accused person were from ADMK they were shielded
07:51and one person was there in the party for two years they wanted to shield him so that the higher up could not be got into and only when he was arrested by the cbi they removed him from the party
08:04all right this is in fact speedy justice in this entire matter as we've seen at least one person who the court has found guilty on the 28th of may has been not just convicted the quantum of punishment
08:17the ruling DMK is also welcomed this verdict but said that important questions are yet to be answered is what is now being said by the AIADMK
08:36the ruling DMK
08:41the ruling DMK welcoming the verdict as well the AIADMK the principal opposition party said there are questions that are yet to be answered
08:48you all remember on the 28th of May the Mahila court in Chennai had pronounced the guilty here Niana Shekharan as the lone accused
08:57now the AIADMK says that he was doing this at the behest of someone and there was every attempt made to cover up
09:04there was a cover up in this case is what is being said by the AIADMK
09:08there were 11 charges the court delivered the verdict remember in a record less than 6 months after the trial began
09:17the quantum of punishment being pronounced today
09:21you
09:22you