Chennai, Apr 1 : The Tamil Nadu Government on Monday transferred Coimbatore district Superintendent of Police (SP) R Pandiarajan after he revealed the name of one of the victims
of the Pollachi serial sexual assault and blackmailing case.
An official release here said he was replaced with Sujit Kumar, who held the post of Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Coimbatore.
Pandiarajan was mired in a controversy after he revealed the name of one of the victims in the Pollachi sexual assault case.
The Madras High Court also came down heavily for revealing the name of the victim and directed
the government to take departmental action against him. It also condemned the Government for
revealing the name in the GO, while transferring the case to CBI and asked it to issue a fresh order by removing the name.
Police have arrested four accused in the case, including the key Thirunavukarasu, and all were detained under the Goondas Act.
All the four accused–Thirunavukkarasu, Sathish, Sabarirajan, Vasanthakumar–all in their 20s, were accused of sexually assaulting several young women in Pollachi over a period of time, filming the act and blackmailing them.
The mobile phones seized from the accused had videos of at least 40 women whom the accused had allegedly blackmailed for money and sexual favours.
Cases were registered against them under Sections 354(A) (sexual harassment), 354 (B) (assault or use of criminal force) of IPC read with 66 (E) of IT Act and Section 4 of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of
Harassment of Women Act.
The incident came to light after one of the victims lodged a complaint with the police and created a furore in the State with leaders of various political parties demanding stern action against the culprits.
The State government has ordered a CBI probe into and the CB-CID was also probing the case.
