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Senior IPS Officer A. Arun Transferred; Placed in Vacancy Reserve Amid Veeramani POSCO Case
The move comes amid controversy over alleged police inaction on a POCSO complaint against granite baron R. Veeramani.
- On Thursday, the Tamil Nadu government placed Additional DGP A. Arun and IGP N. Kannan on "compulsory wait" amid controversy over alleged police inaction on a 2024 complaint involving granite baron R. Veeramani.
- Ranjan Kumar, President of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee's Scheduled Caste Department, alleged he lodged a complaint with Additional Commissioner Kannan on November 22, 2024, seeking action against Veeramani for sexual abuse.
- Kumar claimed police failed to act on his 2024 plaint regarding abuse of minor girls, despite submitting video evidence to Anti-Vice Squad Inspector Mahesh in December 2024.
- Chief Minister Joseph Vijay and the TVK regime took swift action following the disclosures, contrasting with Kumar's alleged inaction claims during the previous DMK regime's tenure until May 2026.
- Veeramani, currently imprisoned in a POCSO Act case involving alleged sexual assault, faces continued scrutiny as authorities investigate the historical handling of complaints against him and associate Shanti.
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TVK Govt Puts Two Senior IPS Officers Arun & Kannan On Compulsory Wait Amid Allegations Of Inaction In Gem Veeramani Case
The Joseph Vijay TVK government has moved two senior IPS officers, A Arun and N Kannan, to compulsory wait with immediate effect, as reported in DinaMani. According to a Police Note issued by the Home (SC) Department on 24 September 2026, A. Arun, IPS, Additional Director General of Police and Director of the Tamil Nadu […]
Murky web unfolds in Veeramani POCSO case; govt acts against two top IPS officers
Chennai, Sep 24 (PTI) More skeletons tumbled out on Thursday in the case of appalling abuse of children over several years allegedly by granite baron R Veeramani and more allegations and counter-allegations surfaced leading to rapid related developments. Hours after Tamil Nadu Congress Committee SC Department president M P Ranjan Kumar alleged police inaction despite […]
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