Chennai, Feb. 18 -- Tamil Nadu Police on Wednesday registered the first case under the Tamil Nadu Money lending entities (prevention of coercive actions) act, which came into force on June 9, 2025.

In its statement, Tamil Nadu Police said that this law was passed by the state government to protect poor and vulnerable people, especially farmers, women, and women's self-help groups, from harassment or coercive recovery methods used by money-lending entities.

Discussing their first case, the Tamil Nadu Police stated that the matter was registered on February 13 in the Viluppuram District. The victim, a resident of the district, had purchased a JCB vehicle five years ago through a loan from a lending agency in TV Nallur but had reportedly d...