Pollachi sexual harassment case: CBI arrests three, sent to jail

Chennai: In a major development in the Pollachi sexual harassment case in Tamil Nadu, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested three persons, allegedly involved in the crime. They have been sent to judicial custody till January 20 by a competent court.

A CBI source told IANS, "The three arrested accused have been identified as P. Babu, Haronimus Paul and K Arulanatham." They were produced before a competent court. The court sent them to judicial custody till January 20, the agency source said.

In April last year, the CBI had registered two cases and started investigation in the case in which a college girl alleged that two of her friends along with their two other associates sexually assaulted her and clicked a video, threatening to upload it on the internet.

The first FIR in the case is based on the sexual harassment and snatching of gold chain reported in Coimbatore district on February 12. The second FIR is related to the assault on the victim's brother on February 26.

The victim on February 24 last year complained to Tamil Nadu Police that Thirunavukarasu, Sabarirajan, Satheesh and Vasanthakumar forcibly removed clothes from her upper body in a car and clicked a video, the CBI FIR said.