The charge sheets in two of the eight child sex abuse cases registered against granite baron R Veeramani, 84, are scheduled to be filed this week, a Tamil Nadu Police officer aware of the matter said.
Veeramani was arrested in August along with his alleged accomplices Shanthi and Mahandra Simhan. Six more people have since been arrested and lodged in the Central Prison near Chennai. Veeramani was arrested after a local court rejected a police closure report in the case in February. The report was filed four months after Veeramani’s purportedly explicit video with a minor was submitted. But the court instructed police to continue the probe. Attempts were allegedly made to hush up the case.
Police told the court that the case could be reopened if new evidence emerged.
People aware of the matter said the Special Investigation Team (SIR) probing the cases has recorded 12 statements of girls whom Veeramani allegedly sexually abused. Police have released a mobile number, 9345319676, for information about the case.
An investigating officer said a car used to transport the girls was identified and secured.
