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POCSO Case: High Court Permits 2-Day Police Custody Of Gem Veeramani
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News18•15-10-2026, 17:51
POCSO Case: High Court Permits 2-Day Police Custody Of Gem Veeramani
- •Industrialist Gem Veeramani was arrested in a POCSO case following complaints of sexually harassing and raping minor girls.
- •Police filed a petition in the Chennai POCSO Special Court seeking a 5-day custody for interrogation.
- •Judge Padma rejected the defense argument and granted a 2-day police custody for interrogating Veeramani.
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The Chennai POCSO Special Court granted police permission to take industrialist Gem Veeramani into custody for two days of interrogation in connection with a POCSO case.
Judge Padma ordered that the police interrogation can be conducted starting from 7:30 PM until 7:30 PM on Saturday, after which he must be produced back in court.
The police filed a petition in the Chennai POCSO Special Court seeking to take Gem Veeramani into custody for five days to investigate his connections in the case.
