Court forms SIT to probe Anna University rape, faults top cop

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.

- R SIVAKUMAR @ Chennai

Passing the order in a special sitting on two PIL petitions filed by advocate R Varalakshmi (AIADMK) and A Mohandas (BJP), a bench of Justices SM Subramaniam and V Lakshminarayanan, however, declined to order a CBI probe as sought by the petitioners. The three officers in the SIT are B Sneha Prasad, Ayman Jamal, and S Brinda, currently serving