Crucial evidence seized in POCSO Act case against ‘Gem Granite’ Veeramani

In a significant development in the case of alleged predatory sexual assault involving ‘Gem Granite’ owner R Veeramani, investigators are learnt to have found photographs of minor girls, including some complainants, at his house, police sources said on Tuesday.

Acting on an input, the police conducted searches at the residence of the businessman in Chennai and found the photographs of the girl children. It included the images of some survivors who lodged complaints leading to the registration of cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the sources said.

The seizure of the incriminating material further corroborated the allegations made against the octogenarian granite baron that he exploited poor girl children and subjected them to sexual abuse. The victims who lodged complaints had identified Veeramani as the man who abused them, the sources said.