In a fresh twist to the investigation of the Pollachi sexual assault case, the CB-CID has summoned Coimbatore Congress leader Mayura Jayakumar. According to reports, the summons was issued to seek explanation from Mayura Jayakumar based on allegations made by the main accused in the case, Thirunavukkarasu.
Thirunavukkarasu was in the custody of the CB-CID for four days last week. During questioning, Thirunavukkarasu allegedly told the CB-CID officers that he was with Mayura Jayakumar on February 12, the day on which a college student was sexually assaulted by him and his friends. The summons has been issued to corroborate this information with the politician himself, who has been asked to appear in front of the investigating officer in Coimbatore.
The Pollachi sexual assault case was transferred to the CB-CID on March 12, after which the CB-CID police inspected Thirunavukkarasu’s farmhouse in Chinnappampalayam in Pollachi multiple times. The farmhouse is allegedly the spot where the sexual assault seen in the leaked videos took place.
Meanwhile, various groups of people are engaging in protests seeking a fair probe into the issue. In Coimbatore, a lawyers’ association staged a protest demanding that the Coimbatore SP R Pandiarajan’s name be added as the main accused in the case, since he had revealed the identity of the complainant in the sexual assault case.
The Madurai bench of Madras HC had recently ordered the government of Tamil Nadu to give Rs 25 lakh as compensation to the affected woman for revealing her identity and also ordered departmental action against those who were involved in the lapse.
In a grave lapse, the TN government order transferring the case to the CBI had also identified the survivor and her brother. The High Court then ordered the government to withdraw the GO and issue a fresh order in its place, without revealing the identity of the survivor. The CBI is reportedly awaiting the fresh orders.
Source: The News Minute