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‘Gem Granites’ Veeramani POCSO cases in Tamil Nadu: a compilation
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CHENNAI Distressing reports of heinous crimes against minor girls have surfaced in Tamil Nadu in September 2026 with a powerful business tycoon – 84-year-old ‘Gem Granites’ founder R.
Veeramani – at the centre of the allegations.
Veeramani, who, along with two others, was arrested late August for the sexual assault of a minor girl – visuals of which were in the possession of the Chennai police as early as October 2025 following a complaint by a child rights activist – is now facing multiple allegations of child sexual abuse, with several survivors (all of whom were aged 12-15 at the time of the incidents) having come forward and recorded their statements.
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