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Chargesheet filed in first POCSO case against Veeramani, SIT tells Madras HC

Chennai, Oct 26 (UNI) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the multiple POCSO cases against granite baron R.Veeramani, on Thursday informed the Madras High Court that the chargesheet in the first FIR was filed before the Special POCSO Court Chennai.
When the writ petitions filed by journo R.Varaahi and advocate M.L.Ravi of Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi, seeking to transfer the probe into the sexual assault cases against the tainted bizman to the CBI, came up for hearing before Justice V.Lakshminarayanan, State Public Prosecutor (SPP) R.John Sathyan said the SIT has filed chargesheet in the first case booked against the Gem Granites owner and others was filed before the POCSO Court.
After recording it, the Judge adjourned the case to November 30 as the probe in multiple cases are continuing expeditiously.
During the earlier hearing on October 26, Varaahi filed an additional affidavit in the case claiming that immediately prior to the earlier Action drop Report against Veeramani, he had transacted a huge value of money, around Rs. 147 crore. He also alleged that former Chennai City Police Commission Arun had utilised some of these illegal gratifications for purchasing gold valued at about Rs 24 crore.
He submitted that the circumstances surrounding the transfer of funds, the identities of the persons who arranged and facilitated the transactions, the source of the funds utilised for gold purchase, the mode of payment and the ultimate beneficial ownership of the assets acquired, warranted a thorough and independent investigation.
The court perused the status report filed by the SIT and observed that the police had already taken note of the fact and has been conducting investigations. After considering the status report and the submissions made by the SPP, the Judge adjourned the hearing to today, when the SIT informed about the filing of the chargesheet.
In the first plea, Varaahi contended that high-ranking officials were involved in the case and they attempted to shield the accused in the case and evade legal action. He also raised apprehensions that the SIT would not carry the investigation independently and effectively, necessitating a probe by an independent agency. The court had however refused to order a CBI probe, on the ground that the SIT formed by the TN Government should be given a breathing time to collect all evidence in connection with the case. The court had orally remarked that investigation takes time, especially in a case like this and the police did not have a magic wand or crystal ball to collect all the evidence at once.
Veeramani was arrested after the POCSO court rejected the closure report and ordered the police to probe the matter based on the FIR registered in October 2025. Cases were registered against Veeramani and others under Secs 7,8,15(1), and 21(1) of the POCSO Act, Sections 354(A), 354(C), 201, and 120(B) of IPC and Sections 66(E), and 67(B) of the IT Act.
A total of eight POCSO cases were registered against Veeramani. He was also booked for abetting the suicide of a minor girl (also POCSO charges invoked) who took the extreme step after being sexually assaulted by him, taking the total cases to nine.
Arrested on August 29, 2026 in the first case registered in October 2025, Veeramani was formally arrested in all the eight cases. His acquaintance Shanthi was arrested in three, her husband Mahendra Simkan in two, Lazar in five and bizman's former staffer Ganesan in two cases. The other three accused security guard Srinivasan, Manager Sakthivel, drivers Babu and Parthiban were arrested in one case each. All the accused are lodged at Puzhal Central Prison, it said.
So far nine people were arrested in the high-profile case, which has opened the pandora's box as more skeletons had started tumbling from the cupboard after the SIT started digging deep.
On October 23, Archana Veeramani, daughter of the bizman, was deboarded from a Singapore-bound aircraft and detained at the Chennai airport by the police and questioned by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the POCSO cases, in connection with the large scale financial transactions, running to several crores, that took place to shield Veeramani from the case and evade justice. She too has moved the High Court seeking to quash the summons issued by the SIT saying she was not cited as an accused. During the hearing today, the Court adjourned it to November 17.
The probe had police unravelled several startling revelations including huge money trail running to crores of rupees, besides transfer of more than 20 kg of gold between Veeramani and suspected mediator(s) in November 2024 when the first complaint was filed, and in early this year (2026) when the closure report was filed. Since the probe also unearthed the involvement of top police officials and also some affluent and influential persons, the Tamil Nadu Government constituted an all-women Special Investigation Team (SIT) which
was probing the case in detail.
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