Police oppose bail petitions of co-accused in Veeramani case

The Greater Chennai Police (GCP) have filed a counter affidavit before a Special Court for POCSO cases in Chennai, opposing the bail pleas of Shanthi and her husband, Mahendra Simhan, co-accused in the serial child sexual abuse case allegedly involving Gem Granites proprietor R. Veeramani.

The police said the accused were likely to abscond or evade the investigation and trial if released on bail.

According to the police, on October 6, 2025, the Immoral Traffic Prevention Unit of the Central Crime Branch, GCP, received a letter and a pen drive containing information about a video purportedly showing an elderly man physically abusing a girl at a house. The man in the video was later identified as the prime accused, Veeramani, and the crime location as Shanthi’s residence.