The Tamil Nadu central crime branch on Wednesday raided the properties owned by the industrialist R Veeramani, the chairman of Gem Group of Companies who was arrested in a Pocso case in August, officials confirmed.
As of Wednesday, four people including R Veeramani, his close aides Shanthi, her husband Mahandra Simhan and Ganeshan, a former employee, have been arrested. The surprise raids at the properties located in and around Chennai, comes a day after a former employee Ganeshan who worked for 23 years, at the Gem Granite company, one of the group entities of Gem Group of Companies, was arrested . However, after a special court refused to entertain their plea, the case was reopened and later in August 2026, Veeramani and his close aides were arrested.
The officials searched the residences and properties belonging to R Veeramani and the Gem Group of Companies and recovered various documents, digital evidences, financial transactions, according to the police.
I have been known to Veeramani from the childhood as a close family friend. “I have been under possible life threat from R Veeramani chairman of Gem Group of Companies, 78, Cathedral Road, Chennai, and his son Siddharth Veeramani for the reasons explained below.
He used to visit my house in the pretext of helping us from business fronts.” she said.
Despite the existence of video evidence of the alleged sexual abuse of a minor, the police sought to close the investigation, as they could not identify the victim and the perpetrator. The court refused to accept the report and ordered further investigation.”
Annamalai, a former IPS office, said, “The initial investigation of the POCSO case against GEM Veeramani, the pedophile who had reportedly sexually exploited many young children, is an example of what the Tamil Nadu police department has transformed into.
