India, May 28 -- The Chennai Mahila Court on Wednesday found accused Gnanasekaran guilty in the Anna University sexual assault case and said the prosecution has "proved the case beyond reasonable doubt".

The incident took place in December last year when the accused trespassed into the campus of Chennai's premier engineering institution and allegedly forced the 19-year-old victim to perform "sexual acts" with him and asked her to meet him regularly.

The second-year college student was speaking to her male friend, a third-year student, at around 8 pm on December 23, 2024, behind a building when the accused threatened them. Gnanasekaran first assaulted the male student and then sexually abused the teen girl, HT had reported.

The survivor...