Chennai, May 14 -- In a significant judgment in the 2019 Pollachi sexual assault and extortion case, the Mahila Court in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore convicted all nine accused.

DMK spokesperson Saravanan Annadurai welcomed the Women's Court verdict in Coimbatore in which all nine accused guilty in the Pollachi sexual assault and rape case were awarded life imprisonment.

Speaking to ANI, Annadurai said, "It was a fight carried out by so many people, including the DMK party. We fought against the way the then AIADMK government tried to scuttle the investigation. They didn't even register an FIR when these allegations came out because the people involved belonged to the AIADMK party. After relentless protests by DMK, it was transferred to the ...