SIT Probe Ordered in Anna Univ Rape

Madras HC finds several lapses on part of police officials, Anna University administration

- R SIVAKUMAR

THE Madras High Court on Saturday ordered the constitution of a special investigation team (SIT) comprising three women IPS officers to probe the rape of an engineering student on the Anna University campus and the leakage/disclosure of the FIR and its contents. However, the court declined to order a CBI probe as sought by the petitioners.

A division bench of Justices SM Subramaniam and V Lakshminarayanan, sitting in a special session, passed the orders while disposing of two PILs filed by advocate R Varalakshmi (AIADMK) and A Mohandas (BJP).

The three officers in the SIT are B Sneha Prasad, Ayman Jamal, and S Brinda, currently serving as Deputy Commissioners of Police in Chennai and Salem.