Fresh sexual charges from Vairamuthu
Fresh sexual charges from Vairamuthu

From 8 October, women have been sharing allegations of sexual harassment against Vairamuthu. Singer Chinmayi spoke about an incident she faced in 2000-2006. Even as she faced wrath from some people on social media, two other women stepped forward with their experiences last evening. A musician based in USA, Sindhuja Rajaram said how Vairamuthu harassed her through phone calls.

She was 18 and working at Kosmic Studio. Her family came in touch with the singer to admit her into a hostel run by him. They eventually did not as the hostel timings did not agree with them. However, Vairamuthu took Sindhuja’s number on the pretext of giving her a chance to sing. But soon he began disturbing her through phone calls proposing to her and asking her to meet him.

She eventually made a male friend answer the call which only angered him. The calls stopped coming only when Sundhuja stopped answering them, reports say. Another woman on anonymity shared her ordeal when Vairamuthu wanted to travel with her to Malaysia.

The singer and anchor with a popular Tamil TV channel said the incident took place in 1998-1999. He had heard her voice and showered praise and began calling her daily and said he would introduce her to A R Rahman. However things took for a turn when Vairamuthu asked her if she would accompany him to Malaysia.