Chennai: Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai lashed himself six times with a whip on Friday morning outside his residence in Coimbatore. The act was part of a personal protest against the sexual assault of an Anna University student.

On Thursday, yesterday, December 26, Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President K Annamalai declared that he would undertake a 48-day fast, whip himself,

The Chennai City police have registered a case against members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for organising a protest against the sexual assault on a student of Anna University, by carrying a cloth dummy symbolising the ruling DMK and insisting that it be “treated for weakness” at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH).

Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai staged a unique agitation in Coimbatore on Friday when he flogged himself condemning the ruling DMK and the state police over the handling of the case of sexual assault on a Chennai college student on Christmas eve.

The state president has vowed to fast for 48 hours, flog himself and not wear footwear until the MK Stalin-led DMK government is ousted from power.

City Police Commissioner clarifies man acted alone in Anna University assault case, denies involvement of second person as reported.

BJP Tamil Nadu chief Annamalai stages a dramatic protest by whipping himself, demanding swift justice for the Anna University assault survivor. Criticises the DMK government for rising crimes against women.

K Annamalai in protest against the sexual harassment case in Anna University criticised the DMK government and said that he will not be wearing slippers until justice is served.

Annamalai vowed to lash himself with a whip six times outside his residence and embark on a barefoot protest until the DMK government is removed from power. NCW has taken the suo moto cognizance of the matter.

BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan and other cadres of the party were detained by the police in Chennai during the protest.

The sexual assault on a girl student at the prestigious state-run Anna University in the heart of Chennai, on the night before Christmas eve, has sent shockwaves across the state.