Ration shop staff held for harassing woman during biometric verification

A Selvaraj / Apr 15, 2026, 04:21 IST

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Ration shop staff held for harassing woman during biometric verification

Chennai: A ration shop employee was arrested for sexually harassing a 27-year-old woman who visited a ration shop in Madhavaram to purchase provisions on Monday.According to the complaint, the accused, Nallathambi, 56 asked the woman to provide her fingerprint for verification. After stating that the biometric scan failed, he instructed her to move closer to register her fingerprint and iris on the device. When she complied, he sexually harassed her under the pretext of assisting her. The woman left the shop immediately and informed her husband. He went to the shop, confronted the employee and handed him over to Madhavaram police.Based on the complaint, police registered a case and arrested Nallathambi. He was produced before a magistrate's court and remanded in judicial custody.

About the AuthorA Selvaraj

Selvaraj Arunachalam, widely known as Crime Selvaraj, is a veteran journalist with over 31 years of experience in crime reporting across leading Tamil and English newspapers. He has covered historic events, including the deaths of former Tamil Nadu Chief Ministers Jayalalithaa and M. Karunanidhi, the IPL betting scam, and the Kanchi Seer Sankararaman murder case. A familiar face in the digital space, he has given more than 500 interviews across 30 YouTube channels, with millions of views on social media. He has also featured in international documentaries on Netflix and Bloomberg, speaking on high-profile cases such as idol smuggler Subhash Kapoor and conman Sukesh Chandrasekar. Beyond journalism, he has acted in three films including the Tamil movie DNA, trained over 200 budding journalists, directed short films, and authored the English crime-poetry collection Chilled Love. His contributions have earned him the TOI Scribe Award and the Humanitarian Award from former Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan.

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