Incident took place between 2016 and 2018
Accused persons being produced in a court, in Coimbatore. Pic/PTI
Six years after the sensational Pollachi sexual assault and extortion case came to light, all nine men arrested in connection with the crime were convicted and sentenced to ‘life imprisonment till death’ by a Mahila Court here on Tuesday. Judge R Nandhini Devi who pronounced the quantum of punishment, ordered compensation of R85 lakh to the eight victims.
The nine accused were brought to the court from the Salem Central Prison earlier in the day amidst tight security. All those facing the charges have been accused of criminal conspiracy, sexual harassment, rape, gang rape, and extortion, in the series of incidents including blackmail that happened between 2016 and 2018.
The victims were mostly college girls and the incident came to light in 2019 after one of the affected women lodged a complaint with the police.
The incident took place from the western TN town, about 550 km from state capital Chennai. CBI Special Public Prosecutor Surenda Mohan told reporters that all nine accused were convicted by the court and given “life imprisonment till death”, as sought by the CBI.
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