The Crime Branch- Criminal Investigation Department (CB CID) has filed the final charge sheet against eight dismissed police personnel for their alleged involvement in the child prostitution racket that surfaced last May.
Special Public Prosecutor N.Vinayagam on behalf of the CB-CID filed the additional and final charge sheet before the Principal Sessions Court recently.
Sex racket
The case was registered on April 11, 2014 at the Grand Bazaar Police Station on the complaint of Vidya Ramkumar, chairperson of Child Welfare Committee (CWC) who stumbled upon the sex racket when two minor girls aged 14 and 16 years sought shelter and support after being subjected to sexual abuse.
At the time of counselling, the victims disclosed that two other minor girls took them to K. Pushpa.
Pushpa mixed a sedative, without their knowledge, in the juice that was offered to them. When they fell unconscious after drinking it they were left in the company of Pushapa’s clients.
Girls compelled
According to the charge-sheet, the girls were also compelled to have sexual intercourse with several persons by threatening them that that video-clips showing them in compromising position would be posted on the internet if they did not oblige.
The case was entrusted to the CB CID for further probe in May 2014 leading to arrests of the key accused, including the prime accused K.Pushpa and six others.
Following complaints and demands from various sections, 12 police personnel were placed under suspension for their alleged involvement in the crime. Subsequently as per the orders of Madras High Court, an identification parade was also conducted on the police personnel.
Absconded
Immediately after the identification parade, the police personnel absconded and later they were dismissed from service. Five of them surrendered while four others are still at large.
The charge sheet also tells that K. Pushpa was running a brothel house prior to May 1, 2014 at various places while one S.Arulmarie alias Maryamma rented out her house for the prostitution.
The CB CID filed first the charge sheet on August, 2014 against eight accused - Pushpa, Arulmarie, S.Ragu alias Ragumankan, M.Manicam, Santhana Jayapragash, Vimalraj and Prakash alias Ravi.
Another charge sheet filed
Filing yet another charge sheet, CB CID police named eight dismissed police personnel and a retired sub-inspector as accused.
The police said V.Yuvaraj, G. Panderinathan,R. Balakrishnan, M.Selvakumar and G.Sankar have been in judicial custody while A. Anusha Basha, B.Kumaravel, V.Rajaram and T.Sundar have been cited as absconding accused. It also sought the court to issue non-bailable warrant against the absconding accused.
Rape
The CB CID police also charged that they committed rape punishable under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code and also committed offences as defined in sections 4 and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012.
In the final charge sheet one Tamilselvane, a lorry owner was also added as accused in the case.
Principal Sessions Judge P.Velmurugan took the charge sheet on the file and summoned the accused for further proceedings. The matter is likely to come up for hearing on June 15.
Special Public Prosecutor N.Vinayagam filed the additional and final charge sheet recently
Case was registered in 2014 on complaint of Vidya Ramkumar, chairperson of Child Welfare Committee
