Police intensify investigation in sexual harassment case against TVK functionary

COIMBATORE The Coimbatore District Police have intensified investigation into the allegations by a woman functionary of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) that Karamadai union secretary of the party sexually harassed her in May this year. TVK Karamadai union secretary booked on sexual harassment charge storyline 1 Coimbatore District Superintendent of Police A. Pavan Kumar Reddy said the investigating officer would also verify some of the audio tapes and videos, which the complainant had claimed as evidence to back her allegations.

TVK’s Karamadai union secretary Karupusamy, party worker Sabitha, and her husband Pandi are the three accused in the case. The complainant, aged 29, who formerly held the post of the party’s secretary at a panchayat in Karamadai union, has alleged that she was removed from her post after she questioned Karupusamy over the alleged sexual harassment. The two others, she has alleged, harassed her on caste grounds.

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