The searches, conducted on September 26, covered the residences of Muthukumar's relatives Saravanan and Ramesh in T Kunnathur, besides the house and shop of Gokulakrishnan in Kallakurichi.
He had allegedly called the girl to the teachers’ room during school hours, sexually harassed her and warned her not to disclose the incident to anyone.
The investigations revealed Arivuselvi, who worked at the court from 2012 to 2015, reused settled case numbers, diverted compensation to bank accounts linked to Varadharajan and Tamilarasan, and forge ...
Arrack and hooch-related prohibition cases declined from 2,472 in 2024 to 742 in the next 13 months till January 2026, but ganja is now slowly gaining ground.
Immediately after the hooch deaths, rumours falsely traced the supply to the Kalvarayan Hills. This brought the local tribal residents under intense police scrutiny and left them vulnerable.
