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Special POCSO Court extends Veeramani remand to October 9

By Drooid · Sep 29, 2026, 4:13 AM UTC · How we work

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R Veeramani Arrested

Granite magnate R Veeramani was arrested on August 29 in a POCSO child-rape case.
An all-women SIT led by Additional Commissioner P C Thenmozhi was formed on September 24 to investigate.
The mother of a 16-year-old filed a complaint on September 28, prompting the SIT to register a new POCSO case.
Chennai’s Special POCSO Court extended Veeramani’s judicial remand until October 9.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights took suo motu cognizance and will send a fact-finding team to Chennai.

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Palaniswami Accuses Vijay

AIADMK chief O. Palaniswami accused TVK chief C. Joseph Vijay of delaying Veeramani’s arrest for political gain.
DMK filed a Rs 1.01 crore suit against ministers Aadhav Arjuna and C T R Nirmal Kumar over Veeramani allegations.
Stalin called Vijay a political hypocrite for aligning with the BJP despite campaigning against it.
TVK’s IT wing posted defamatory X messages linking DMK to the Veeramani case, prompting DMK to seek removal.

History

Historical Context

The 2012 Delhi gang-rape case, which shocked India in December 2012, prompted Parliament to enact the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The Supreme Court, citing 1.2 million reported child sexual abuse cases in 2018, ordered the government to strengthen enforcement mechanisms nationwide. Today, Chennai’s Special POCSO Court’s extension of R Veeramani’s remand and the AIADMK-DMK political clash echo the law’s original intent to hold powerful offenders accountable. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights’s fact-finding mission and pending Rs 1.01 crore DMK suit signal scrutiny that could reshape Tamil Nadu’s political accountability.

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R Veeramani Arrested

Granite magnate R Veeramani was arrested on August 29 in a POCSO child-rape case.
An all-women SIT led by Additional Commissioner P C Thenmozhi was formed on September 24 to investigate.
The mother of a 16-year-old filed a complaint on September 28, prompting the SIT to register a new POCSO case.
Chennai’s Special POCSO Court extended Veeramani’s judicial remand until October 9.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights took suo motu cognizance and will send a fact-finding team to Chennai.

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