Award City: The court on Tuesday allowed four people to be remanded in police custody for six days, including a former DMK executive who was arrested and jailed in a case of sexual abuse of a teenager.
Hariharan, his friends Junath Ahmed, former DMK executive, Praveen and Madasamy, and four school children have been arrested in connection with the case of sexual abuse of a 22-year-old girl in Virudhunagar. Four of them, including Hariharan, were lodged in the Madurai Central Jail and four students were lodged in the Kurnokku Home in Ramanathapuram.
The CBCID police, who are investigating the case, questioned the victim for two days. In addition, they searched the homes and places of the 8 arrested persons. Following this, CBCID Special Investigation Officer DSP Vinodini and Inspector Savithri filed a petition in the Srivilliputhur Anti-Terrorism Court yesterday (Monday) seeking permission to remand the four, including Hariharan, in police custody for seven days.
Meanwhile, the CBCID police interrogated the relatives of the arrested Hariharan and Junad Ahmed for about 7 hours. At that time, the cell phones of a few people were confiscated for inspection. They were sent back early today (Tuesday) after interrogation.
In this context, the hearing on the petition filed by the CPCIT seeking permission to detain Hariharan and others arrested in the case was held at the Srivilliputhur Anti-Terrorism Court this evening. At that time, Hariharan, Junath Ahmed, Madasamy and Praveen, who were lodged in the Madurai Central Jail, were produced in court.
Following this, Judge Gopinath directed the CBCID police to remand the four, including Hariharan, in police custody for six days and produce them in court again on Monday evening.
Subsequently, four persons, including Hariharan, were brought to the CPCIT office in Virudhunagar with heavy police security for questioning. More than 50 CBCID policemen from the southern districts were called to Virudhunagar to interrogate the four detainees and conduct raids at various places based on the information they provided. It is noteworthy that they are divided into 13 groups and are under investigation.