Youth wanted for assault on Pollachi woman's brother surrenders

Youth accused in Pollachi woman's assault surrendered. The accused surrendered before the Chief Judicial Magistrate. There were many complaints against him and CBI had been given the task to investigate the matter.

Coimbatore: A youth surrendered before a court here on Monday in connection with the assault on the brother of a 19-year-old woman, who was allegedly sexually harassed at nearby Pollachi.

Mani alias Manivanan, wanted by police in connection with the assault case, surrendered before Chief Judicial Magistrate S Nagarajan who remanded him to judicial custody till April 8.

Already, four people had been arrested in the case and a hunt was on for Mani.

They had allegedly beaten up the woman's brother for lodging a police complaint about the sexual harassment by the four-member gang on February 12.

The gang had allegedly tried to strip the woman inside a car near Pollachi, recorded the act and blackmailed her using the visuals. The victim, who managed to free herself, lodged a complaint with police.

As reports emerged that the gang had sexually harassed many more young women and blackmailed them, the state government ordered a CB-CID probe and later transferred it to the CBI.