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- The Pollachi sexual assault case refers to a case of rape and extortion of numerous women by a gang in Pollachi, Coimbatore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The gang would entice women into isolated places after befriending them on social media and sexually assault them and filmed the act. The videos were later used to blackmail the women for sexual favors or money. The gang came into spotlight after the family of a 19-year-old college student who claimed to had been sexually assaulted and blackmailed complained to the police. According to media accounts, at least 200 women are sexually assaulted in the very same manner and the victims were college and school teachers, doctors, higher secondary school students from all over the state. On the mobiles of the accused, police said they discovered dozens of video recordings of women being abused at a farmhouse belonging to one of the accused and some were leaked. There were protests across the state organized by students, political parties and various organizations to bring the perpetrators to justice. The police arrested four men who were alleged to be involved in the rape and extortion ring. The case was shifted to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), another man surrendered before the judicial magistrate and confessed to raping and blackmailing women. Later the five men were sent to the Salem central prison. The CBI arrested three more men involved in the incident in January 2021 including a functionary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The CBI made minimal progress before these arrests. The AIADMK was criticized after the arrest of its functionary, with some news reports implying that the connection to the incident runs deeper within the party. One person arrested claimed that the racket had connections with prominent party members. According to some activists and political observers, the arrests were an attempt by the CBI and the central government to arm-twist the AIADMK to ally with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and to give more seats in the seat-sharing process of the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. (en)
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- a prime accused in the case (en)
- Ira Murugavel, an author and political commentator. (en)
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- In those videos and photographs, there is a lot of details on prominent party men. I'm about to tell you a major truth. I need the backing of the opposition party's head, media contacts, an advocate, and a judge. (en)
- There is a popular assumption that the BJP is attempting to bully the AIADMK in Coimbatore, which is regarded the party's stronghold.... When there was an open indictment against AIADMK bigshots in Pollachi, there should have been more arrests by now. Since that has not occurred, and the CBI arresting the accused at this point makes us believe the allegations against the BJP are real, and they are attempting to use this to preserve their image and gain political advantage. (en)
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- The Pollachi sexual assault case refers to a case of rape and extortion of numerous women by a gang in Pollachi, Coimbatore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The gang would entice women into isolated places after befriending them on social media and sexually assault them and filmed the act. The videos were later used to blackmail the women for sexual favors or money. The gang came into spotlight after the family of a 19-year-old college student who claimed to had been sexually assaulted and blackmailed complained to the police. According to media accounts, at least 200 women are sexually assaulted in the very same manner and the victims were college and school teachers, doctors, higher secondary school students from all over the state. On the mobiles of the accused, police said they disco (en)
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