“I Have Gnanasekaran’s Call Records, I Know Whom He Spoke To After Committing The Crime”, Says BJP TN Chief Annamalai

Tamil Nadu BJP President Annamalai who lashed himself over the ‘sins’ committed by Tamil Nadu’s ruling dispensation has once again created a stir with his statements surrounding the call detail records of the Anna University sexual assault case culprit Gnanasekaran. He met with the press in Madurai.

Responding to a question about the police confiscating journalists’ mobile phones, Annamalai replied, “Ask them to find that ‘sir’, instead of that they are investigating the journalists. Let me tell you this, I have Gnanasekaran’s call records. I am not publishing them. I have analysed everything – who he spoke to on 23 December, I have that record. I also have the record of who he spoke to on the 24th. Some police officers are also involved in it. I cannot do all the work, I am not a sniffer dog. Tell us who is this sir. How did I take the CDR you ask(call detail record)? I went against the law and retrieved it, so the truth would come out. I do not have the authority to take the CDR but I did it. I have 1 year’s worth of Gnanasekaran’s call details with me. Who did he talk to, how many times he spoke, who did he speak to on the 23rd after committing the crime? The FIR was filed on the 25th only and I will release it one day. I am being patient, I am just seeing if you will do your job or will the SIT do its job. You are pulling out the call records of journalists – My journalist friends, how you got the FIR, the same way I caught hold of the CDR. That is your dharma, this is mine.”

Speaking on the leaked FIR, he said, “A leaked FIR reaches the journalists only then they can broadcast it as news. If the leaked FIR has reached the journalist’s phone, who was the one who leaked it? A DSP has withdrawn from the case. Even my phone has the leaked FIR, call me also for investigation. Only after reading the FIR, I spoke and held a press meeting. I request the SIT and the state government, if you are going to investigate like this, I too know how to release the CDR. Let us tell the people of TN who he spoke to after committing the crime. Who did he speak to on the 24th, why was the FIR delayed? I also know to talk about the DMK members who are linked to him. But you do your job and catch the sir. I appreciate those journalists who have the leaked FIR on their phones, you are doing your job. I request the CM to appreciate the journalist on whose phone the leaked FIR was found. If the journalist does not do his job properly, he won’t have the FIR and won’t be able to broadcast news. Instead of doing their job, it is a shame that they are investigating the journalists. We stand with the journalists in this matter. Our advocate will appear for you if you are being harassed in this case and we will take care of the expenses even if the case goes to Supreme Court.”

Coming to the question about when he intends to release the CDR, Annamalai said, “I have the CDR with me, in case, the SIT doesn’t do its job, I will have to release the CDR and I will do it, I am being patient to see if the girl will receive justice. But instead of that, they are diverting the case to somewhere else and is not coming to its logical end. I want to tell the CM once again, the CM who did not go to Anna University, we came to know when he came to Vellalapatti, where the politics lay. The CM who did not come to Vellalapatti when people were protesting, the CM who did not meet the 1 lakh people who walked 18 km, came in a hurry on Republic Day after hoisting the flag – why? So, no one can be ahead of him. The haste he showed then, he has not shown the same haste for the Anna University sexual assault case. This is your state, you are the CM. They have not suspended Gnanasekaran from the party yet. I request him to please do not do media harassment.“

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