Overview
- The probe began after a pen drive with a video was handed to police in October 2025 and a special POCSO court ordered a reinvestigation that led to arrests and fresh leads.
- Veeramani and two close associates were arrested and remanded on August 29 after investigators recovered original footage and traced survivors seen in the material.
- A former long-time Gem Granites employee, Ganesan, was arrested on September 22 for possessing an explicit video and failing to report it to authorities.
- Central Crime Branch teams carried out multi-location raids on September 23–24, seizing mobile phones, digital files and physical documents as part of a widening inquiry.
- Police have opened a focused financial probe into property sales and traced transfers in the roughly Rs 70–90 crore range to establish whether payments were used to influence or derail the earlier investigation.