Viramani POCSO Case: Questions Over Police Delay, Handling
Shanti and her husband Mahendra Simhan, arrested in connection with the POCSO case involving Gem Granites chairman R Veeramani, have approached the Chennai Special POCSO Court seeking bail.
The couple, arrested on August 28 and remanded in Puzhal prison the following day, has argued that there are serious questions surrounding the case and that there is no possibility of them tampering with evidence.
The case was registered on October 7, 2025, during the previous DMK government, after police received a pen drive containing the purported video. The arrests, however, came nearly 11 months later, on August 29, 2026, after the TVK government took office and after the Special POCSO Court rejected the police closure report and ordered further investigation.
