Police and govt trying to cover as rapist is DMK functionary: BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar

New Delhi: Slamming the DMK government in Tamil Nadu over the Anna University sexual assault case, BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday said that because the accused is a DMK functionary, the government is busy trying to cover up the incident.

"The young girl was raped brutally at Anna University…she has been looking for justice but because the rapist is a DMK functionary, the Police and the government are busy trying to cover that up," he told reporters here.

"It has become obvious and clear…the perpetrator of this crime was a man called Ganashekharan, he was arrested due to public outrage. It has come to light that Ganashekharan is not a simple sexual offender, but a DMK functionary with many instances, photographs and evidence of him hobnobbing with top leadership of the DMK party, " he alleged.

"The lawlessness prevailing in the DMK-governed Tamil Nadu under the INDI alliance is marked by history-sheeters, violent criminals, and sexual offenders who are becoming untouchable due to the protection they receive as DMK functionaries, backed by the police and the government, " he said.

"The BJP wanted to take out a procession, they have been arrested today this is an absolute violation of the constitutional right of BJP party workers and Mahila Morcha to protest and seek justice for the girl who was brutally raped,” he added.

Earlier in the day, BJP’s women’s wing in Tamil Nadu staged a protest against the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government to demand justice for a student who was sexually assaulted at Anna University in Chennai. The women members of the BJP leading the “Justice rally” from Madurai to Chennai were later detained by the police.