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Fresh POCSO Complaint Filed Against R Veeramani; SIT Probes Alleged Sexual Abuse of Minor
- •A new complaint has been filed against Tamil Nadu granite businessman R Veeramani, alleging sexual abuse of a minor daughter who later died by suicide.
- •The woman claims her initial complaint was not acted upon and the document was later reported destroyed in a police station fire during the 2017 Jallikattu protests.
- •The Special Investigation Team (SIT) is now examining this fresh complaint as part of the wider POCSO case against Veeramani, 84, who was arrested on August 29.
- •The investigation expanded after a Special POCSO Court rejected a closure report on an earlier case and ordered further inquiry, leading to the identification of a victim.
- •The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has taken suo motu cognisance and will send a Fact-Finding Team to Chennai.
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The initial case emerged in October 2025 after a child-rights activist provided Chennai Police with a pen drive containing a video purportedly showing the sexual assault of a minor girl, which subsequently prompted an FIR and a wider investigation. An ex-employee was also arrested for failing to report the matter after a video was discovered on his mobile phone.
The Tamil Nadu Police constituted a four-member, all-woman SIT headed by Additional Commissioner P C Thenmozhi to investigate the POCSO case and related matters. The SIT has taken over a fresh complaint from a woman alleging that her minor daughter was sexually abused by Veeramani, and they are examining the allegations and circumstances of her earlier complaint.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) took suo motu cognisance of media reports regarding the alleged sexual abuse of minor girls aged between 12 and 16 in Chennai by R Veeramani. The child rights body announced that it would send a Fact-Finding Team to Chennai to conduct an on-ground inquiry into the allegations.
