In the sexual controversy involving 'Gem' Veeramani, one dramatic twist after another is unfolding. Tamil Nadu Congress Committee's Scheduled Caste wing leader Ranjan Kumar caused a stir by saying that he had filed a complaint with the Tamil Nadu Police as early as 2024 regarding this matter.
He also made shocking claims that 'Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam' leader John Pandian had mediated in this matter.
Regarding this, when we spoke to 'Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam' leader John Pandian and asked for his explanation....
"In this matter, members of the 'New Tamil Nadu Party' are targeting me and spreading slander. As if someone had seen everything from the sidelines, a person is also talking about it on YouTube. I think all of them are doing this work just to say all sorts of things and collect money. I don't understand anything."
"In the Gem Veeramani sexual matter, Congress functionary Ranjan Kumar has said that you intimidated the Shanti side and settled the issue, hasn't he?"
"I did not threaten anyone. Two and a half years ago, Ranjan Kumar came to my house and met me, saying, 'I need to speak to you about a family issue.' I immediately said, 'If it is a family issue, we can discuss it in a public place,' and we held talks at the Taj Hotel.
At that time, they said, 'There has been a long-standing relationship between Shanti and Gem Veeramani. But now he has driven Shanti away. So speak to him and get him to pay 2 billion rupees.'

Even before they came to me like this, I had only then learned that Sandhya and Ranjan Kumar had extorted 5 to 6 crore rupees from Gem Veeramani. They had approached me only to extort another 20 crore rupees. I immediately said, 'Please do not approach me for such matters,' ended the discussion, and left."
"So, you knew nothing at all about the video related to Gem Veeramani's child sexual abuse case?"
"Only now are they creating all this video matter themselves. I don’t know anything about it. There was already a connection between Shanti and Ranjan Kumar. Ranjan Kumar himself has said this. In that case, how can he accuse me of being involved in this matter?
Do they even have a shred of evidence about what the direct connection is between me and this matter? They are now saying that I threatened the Shanti side. If I had threatened them, why did they come back to see me, the very person who supposedly threatened them? Or they could have filed a police complaint about the threat then and there... Is there any such complaint?"
"But didn’t Ranjan Kumar say, 'It was only when Santhi and John Pandian were holding talks that I came to know about all the details of Gem Veeramani’s sexual misconduct case'?"
"Ranjan Kumar was the first to come and meet me at home. Later, during the meeting at the Taj Hotel too, the person who brought Santhi said, 'They are very dear to me... please negotiate and get me about 20 crore rupees.' I said, 'I do not interfere in matters like this,' and ended the discussion and left. That is the truth of what happened."
"So, will you file a police complaint against the people involved for tarnishing your reputation as well?"
"I did not take this matter too seriously because I thought it had nothing to do with us. But now our district secretaries from the party are filing complaints with the cybercrime police in every district, saying, 'They are publicly insulting our leader's name. Therefore, this should be investigated and action should be taken against those spreading defamation.' From here on, the police must investigate and take action on this."
