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Veeramani POCSO Case Widens: SIT Formed, Two Senior IPS Officers Reassigned
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News18•25-09-2026, 14:32
Veeramani POCSO Case Widens: SIT Formed, Two Senior IPS Officers Reassigned
- •Tamil Nadu's POCSO case involving Gem Granite founder R. Veeramani is expanding.
- •Chief Minister Vijay has ordered a special SIT probe into the matter.
- •Two senior IPS officers have been put on compulsory wait for alleged inaction.
- •The reassignment stems from their alleged failure to act in the decades-long abuse case.
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Chief Minister Vijay ordered a special Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the expanding POCSO case involving Gem Granites founder R. Veeramani, which also resulted in the reassignment of two senior IPS officers for alleged inaction.
Two senior IPS officers were placed on compulsory wait and reassigned due to their alleged inaction in handling the decades-long abuse case involving granite baron R. Veeramani.
R. Veeramani is the 84-year-old founder of Gem Granites who was arrested on August 29, 2026, after a pen drive containing video evidence emerged showing him engaging in a sexually explicit act with a minor girl at an associate's residence.
