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Wednesday, Apr 27, 2005

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No evidence on charges made by Jayalakshmi: CBI

S. Vijay Kumar

MADURAI: The Central Bureau of Investigation has said it found no truth in the allegations of rape and sexual harassment levelled by A. Jayalakshmi (32) of Sivakasi against 21 police personnel in the State.

A special team of the CBI's Anti-Corruption Bureau, which probed the allegations made by the Sivakasi woman, has concluded that there is no evidence to prove charges such as rape, sexual harassment, wrongful confinement and assault against the police officials. However, three policemen were found guilty of having "illegal intimacy" with Jayalakshmi and departmental action would be recommended against them.

"We have not found any substance in the allegations of sexual exploitation/harassment made against police personnel by the petitioner in her affidavit. Though adultery has been established, the agency cannot initiate criminal proceedings against the accused," a senior CBI official told The Hindu on Tuesday.

The investigators have found the Additional Superintendent of Police, C.R. Rajashekar, Inspectors V. Malaichamy and K. Sundaravadivelu, guilty of "intimacy" with Jayalakshmi. The former Superintendent of Police, K. Sokkalingam, and two others have been accused of "misusing" official machinery to facilitate a multi-level marketing business of the petitioner.

"Since it is unbecoming of police officers to get illegally involved with a woman and also engage themselves in a business run by her, the CBI will recommend disciplinary action against nine policemen," the official said, adding that the spouses of the police officials would have to file specific complaints for action against adultery.

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