Coimbatore SP Pandiarajan courted controversy after he revealed the name of the survivors in Pollachi sexual abuse case. Tamil Nadu government on Monday initiated departmental action against SP Pandiarajan along with DSP Jeya Raman and Inspector Natesan.

TN government has appointed Sujit Kumar as the new Superintendent of Police for Coimbatore.

The four accused, including mastermind Thirunavukarasu, were detained under the Goondas Act following a direction from Coimbatore District Collector K Rajamani on recommendations from Coimbatore Rural Superintendent R. Pandiarajan.

The four, Thirunavukkarasu, Sathish, Sabarirajan, Vasanthakumar, all in their 20s, were accused of sexually assaulting many young women in Pollachi over a period of time and filming the act.

The mobile phones seized from the accused had videos of at least 40 women who the accused had allegedly blackmailed for money and sexual favours.

The accused trapped the young women, sexually abused and videographed the act to extort money. The incident came to light after one of the victims lodged a complaint and police inquiries revealed that the gang abused many women in a similar way.