Chennai, Oct. 16 -- The Special POCSO Court Chennai on Friday rejected anticipatory bail for businessman Prakash, cited as an accused on charges of handling multi-crore financial settlements to shield granite baron R.Veeramani and cover up the POCSO cases against him.
He was charged with collecting money from the tainted bizman and allegedly bribing police officers to close the POCSO case against Gem Granites Founder.
After the police stumbled upon the involvement of Prakash, son of top railway trade union SRMU leader N.Kanniah, the investigators had issued a summons directing him to appear for questioning.
Apprehending arrest, Prakash approached the special court seeking anticipatory bail. During the hearing before Judge Ms.S.Padma, his...