CBI arrests one more in Pollachi rape case

COIMBATORE: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials arrested one more person in connection with Pollachi rape case on Friday. With this, the number of people nabbed in the case has gone up to nine.


An official source identified the accused as Arunkumar, a resident of Kittasurampalayam village near Pollachi.

“He was a friend of one of the accused in the case.” Arunkumar was produced before the district mahila court, which remanded him in judicial custody.

He was subsequently lodged in the Salem Central Prison.

In 2020, the CBI had arrested

K Arulanantham

, T Heron Paul and

P Babu

for gangraping a college student in 2019 and taking video of the act. The incident came to light when the video went viral.

Arulanantham was Pollachi town secretary of the AIADMK students’ wing. He was expelled from the party immediately after his arrest.

In 2019, K Thirunavukkarasu, N Sabarirajan alias Riswanth, R Manivannan, T Vasanthakumar and N Sathish were arrested in the case.

While the case was registered by the rural police, it was transferred to the Crime Branch-CID and later to the CBI.