Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Accuses Parties of Colluding in POCSO Case Against Granite Baron

TVK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday alleged a collusion between the DMK, AIADMK and BJP, and claimed that a POCSO case against granite baron R Veeramani was “buried” during the previous regime. According to a news agency PTI's report, Vijay was addressing a campaign meeting in Chengalpattu for the October 6 bypoll, which was necessitated by the resignation of AIADMK MLA K Maragatham Kumaravel, who later joined the TVK. Kumaravel has been renominated by the party. At the campaign meeting, Vijay launched a fresh attack on the DMK, referring to the MK Stalin-led party as an “evil force” and reiterating the TVK's “clean governance and pure force” pitch. Vijay accused the DMK of corruption and alleged that it had colluded with the AIADMK even in the case involving Veeramani, founder of Gem Granites. Veeramani has since been arrested in the case along with three others.