Chennai, Jan 5 (Reporter) The Chennai City Police on Sunday evening slapped Goondas Act against the Anna University alleged sexual assault accused after investigations revealed that he was involved in several criminal cases. The accused, Gnanasekaran (37), who was arrested on a complaint from the victim, was detained under the Goondas Act on the recommendations of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Madras High Court. Orders detaining the accused, a Biriyani Vendor at the foot path near the Anna University campus, under the Goondas Act, under which he would not get bail for at least one year, was served on him at Puzhal Central Prison where he was lodged, police said. The court formed the SIT comprising three Women IPS officers after taking suo motu cognisance of the incident and while hearing two PILs filed by advocates demanding a CBI probe into the incident. The SIT, after taking over the probe, raided his residence and was said to have seized several incriminating documents, including laptops, electronic' gadgets, property documents and other materials. As several TV channels and social media platforms highlighted about the seizure in public domain, Tamil Nadu DGP Shankar Jiwal denied them as baseless and false and said no competent authority, including the members of the SIT had neither given any interview nor spoke to the media. A release from the DGP office said the probe by the SIT, comprising three women IPS officers, constituted by the Madras High Court was on and the reports of 'Sir' and seizures being circulated in public domain by some news channels and social media platforms were unsubstantiated. It said either the SIT or any other competent authority had issued any statements or spoken to the media on the issue. It said as per the orders of the Madras High Court, an All Women Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Dr Bhukya Sneha, Deputy Commissioner Of Police, Anna Nagar, Chennai has been constituted to investigate the cases in connection with the incident. The SIT is currently conducting investigation into the cases, it said. In the meantime, some news channels and social media platforms have telecast/published certain information in the public domain commenting on the alleged leads/progress in the investigation by the SIT. In particular, these unsubstantiated forums claim that “victim girl has given statement before the SIT narrating about accused allegedly speaking to one SIR”, that “SIT has allegedly seized electronic gadgets from accused which is claimed to have contained obscene contents of the victim girl”, that “one person from Tiruppur is allegedly also identified as accused in the case”, etc, the release said. "However, it is to clarify that SIT or any other competent authority has not issued any statements or comments to any individual or media about the progress of investigation of the cases", it clarified. The information and contents being circulated in public domain about the developments and progress of the investigation of the cases by SIT is completely false and without any basis, the release said...////...