The Crime Branch-CID of the Tamil Nadu Police has summoned Thendral Manimaran, 27, son of DMK district secretary (Coimbatore rural) Thendral Selvaraj, to ask him about his proximity with Thirunavvukkarasu, the prime suspect in the Pollachi sexual abuse case.
Thirunavakkarasu had Manimaran’s name during the inquiry. Manimaran was asked to appear before the investigation officer in Coimbatore on March 28.
The CB-CID also summoned A Nagaraj alias Muthusamy, 28, of Pollachi in connection with the case who was the AIADMK functionary and was expelled from the party after he was called for the inquiry.
Both of them were called for questioning based on the statement of the prime accused.
In February this year, four men were arrested for allegedly blackmailing, sexually harassing and filming a 19-year-old college student in Pollachi.
The case snowballed into a major scandal after local media reported that not just one but a few hundred women were victims of an organised racket of sexual abuse, blackmail and extortion
The four men, Thirunavakkarasu, Sathish, Sabariraj and Vasanthkumar, were arrested.
Police officials said the four men sexually harassed dozens of women — over 50 of them — for over two years across Tamil Nadu. Among them were teachers and students from schools and colleges.
The officials described a chilling pattern. The men, they said, found victims on Facebook and forced them to meet in person after befriending them. They then harassed them in moving vehicles, hotels or farmhouses.
Most of the victims refused to make formal complaints, the police officials said. The police say they have retrieved videos from the gang that show sexual harassment or assault.
Agencies
