In a shocking turn of events in the suicide of a 30-year-old Coimbatore man, alarming phone recordings were recently released, in which he cites several political figures and social organization leaders as the reason for his death because they had an affair with his wife. The phone recordings made before his death revealed the true and disgusting real faces of some of Dravidian Stockists who masquerade as ‘rationalists’ an ‘women rights champions’.
The Issue
Rathinaseelan alias Siva, a resident of Thennampalayam near Sulur in the Coimbatore district, committed suicide on 21 September 2022. Initially, police reported it as a suicide due to a family quarrel.
The case took an unexpected turn after Siva’s audio and video recordings made before his death came to light. Siva’s parents filed a complaint with the Coimbatore District Superintendent of Police, backed by video and audio evidence, alleging that his son’s wife, Viji Palanichamy, was responsible for his son’s suicide. Police began an investigation into the case after receiving the complaint, which revealed shocking details.
According to the complaint filed by Siva’s parents, Vijay Palanichamy, who was already married, married their son again without divorcing her first husband and mentally tormented him to the point of suicide. They also told that their son has mentioned the names of Viji Palanichamy, her family and her friends are the reason for his suicide. Siva’s parents have handed over 43 audios in this regard to Coimbatore District Police Department.
According to Siva’s mother her son and Viji met on Instagram as they shared a common interest in poetry. She later came to stayed at Siva’s house, claiming that she had no one to care for her after having surgery. They got married as both fell in love with each other.
Siva’s mother in an interview to Junior Vikatan had said that two women of college-going age had come to their house when Viji was there. While Viji introduced those girls as her sister’s daughters, it was later found that the two of them were Viji’s own daughters, Siva’s mother reveals.
It should be noted that Viji Palanichamy, a writer and executive producer for a private television channel, married Siva despite being eight years elder to him. Siva discovered her illegal affair after accidentally using her phone. She continued her illegal affairs with political figures even after her marriage in order to live a lavish lifestyle.
“She has been constantly asking for money and torturing my son since they married. My son committed suicide as a result of her torment.”, Siva’s mother was quoted saying in a report.
She further said, “We received these audios only a few days after my son died. We didn’t know what to do, so we filed a complaint with the police department through film lyricist poet Thamarai. We need justice for our son’s death.”
In one of the leaked audios, Siva stated that his wife Viji Palanichamy had an affair with a relative of AIADMK MLA SP Velumani, despite saying that the said person is like a brother to her. He also stated that Viji Palanichamy had an affair with Devendra Bhoobathy, a Group-I cadre officer, who assisted her in publishing her books.
He also claimed that Viji was having an affair with political figures such as Suba Veerapandian, general secretary of Dravidar Iyakka Tamilar Peravai, Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam (DVK) leader Kolathur Mani, Tamil Desiya Viduthalai Iyakkam general secretary Thiyagu, and Vetriselvan of VCK.
Siva stated that he was committing suicide because Viji Palanichamy continued her affair after the marriage despite his repeated warnings to end it.
Apparently, Siva meticulously documented every detail of his relationship with Viji, from the beginning to the end, including her infidelity and other sexual relationships. There are photographs and videos are also included which has now been submitted as evidence with the complaint to the Coimbatore Police. The family is awaiting the start of an investigation by the police.
Who Is Viji Palanichamy?
Viji Palanichamy who identifies herself as a ‘writer’ Vijis Palanichamy is a name familiar among literary circles of the Dravidian Stockists. She writes screenplays for Tamil television serials and has written for some of the famous one like Star Vijay’s Pandian Stores. According to information revealed by Tamil lyricist Thamarai, Vijis Palanichamy is currently working with Colours TV.
From her Facebook profile, it become amply clear that she is the typical Dravidian Stockist and an ardent supporter of the DMK.
Viji Palanichamy has close ties with Dravidian Stockist political leaders like Suba Veerapandian, Kolathur Mani, VCK’s Thol. Thirumavalavan, etc.
Thamizhachi Author who is also known as France Thamizhachi has brought to light the close links shared by Viji Palanichamy with some of the prominent Dravidian Stockist political leaders.
According to France Thamizhachi, when Viji Palanichami had eloped with lyricist Thamarai’s husband ‘Comrade’ Thiyagu, they were brought to MDMK leader Vaiko’s home for talks where Kolathur Mani ruled that Thiyagu should stay with Thamarai and Viji under the ‘protection’ of Kolathur Mani. Viji was housed in Kolathur Mani’s DVK office in Mylapore, Chennai.
In the above picture, Viji Palanichamy can be seen with Kolathur Mani. After her association with Kolathur Mani, Viji’s political contacts widened with Thirumavalavan, Suba Veerapandian, etc.
She has been spotted with VCK’s Thol. Thirumavalavan multiple times.
Thirumavalavan had even come to attend her birthday function once.
Viji has also been spotted with lyricist Vairamuthu who has been accused of sexual harassment by singer Chinmayi.
Viji also has pictures of her with Tamil film director Pa. Ranjith, Senthilvel of Tamil Kelvi YouTube channel and such Dravidian Stockists.
Her social media profile gives hint at the political clout that Viji Palanichamy has.
Thamarai, Viji And Thiyagu
Lyricist Thamarai, who has been posting information about this incident on her Facebook page from time to time, has stated that it is a case of Viji Palanichamy doing a “drama/fake marriage” with Coimbatore Siva and inciting him to commit suicide.
Thamarai is of the opinion that Viji Palanichamy should be punished for committing massive trust fraud, extorting money, threatening the young man with political connections, and forcing him to commit suicide.
Thamarai has been vocal about the matter because the accused, Viji Palanichamy, had an affair with her ex-husband Thiyagu (Tamil Desiya Viduthalai Iyakkam general secretary).
Thamarai in her Facebook post said: “Nobody knows what Thiyagu and Viji did from 2011 to 2013. It is the responsibility of people like me who are directly affected to bring this to light! Some who see and read this may be warned not to fall prey to dangerous people wearing the ‘mask of innocence,’ such as Thiyagu and Vijayalakshmi (Viji). In the meantime, several influential people told me that I shouldn’t be writing this, I have to leave, and called what I do as ‘character assassination’. How can I character assassinate a characterless man?”
She further continued “They continue their shady business by giving Thiyagu the identity of a ‘revolutionary’, and Vijayalakshmi a ‘media personality’ with a ‘progressive’ stamp on both of them. They do this to collect money from others, and stupid Tamils continue to give money to these people believing in their ‘rationalist’ and ‘progressive’ claims.
“Young men and women have no idea who these people are and become entangled in the mess. Some people recover, while others suffer irreversible losses. The maximum loss is the life of the likes of Shiva! How can a simple family put up with this? This scam must be stopped. I’ll tell you what I know in bits and pieces. Before I go any further, I’d like to clarify a few points. The accusation that is being repeatedly made against me is that I am Thiyagu’s second wife, that I am not married, and that I have separated Thiyagu from his first wife. I am Thiyagu’s second wife, but not an improper wife. We are both legally married and legally registered. Before I met Thiyagu, Thiyagu and Latha were separated. I am the only legitimate wife of Thiyagu! (There is no pride in this, it is disgusting.)”, Thamarai wrote in her Facebook post.
According to Thamarai, Thiyagu eloped from home in 2012 due to his infatuation with Vijayalakshmi. The following year, he returned home. Even after returning home in 2012, the relationship between Thiyagu and Viji continued. Halfway through 2013, the relationship broke up.
“Vijayalakshmi arrived at my house with her sister Anita and claimed that Thiyagu was sexually harassing her, refused to release her, and agreed to escape from Thiyagu if I helped her!”, Thamarai wrote.
Thiyagu, according to Thamarai, staged a political fasting drama in 2013 to conceal his personal issues related to Viji Palanichamy. She also stated that Thiyagu eloped again in 2014, but with a different woman, without naming the woman.
Thamarai went on to say that she took to the streets in 2015 to protest Thiyagu’s serial abuses and to shatter his rationalist image, which he was hiding behind. I requested a private investigation as his affairs with other women were too obscene to discuss in public, Thamarai stated.
Lyricist Thamarai also said that there is a threat to her life from Thiyagu. She did, however, add that the evidence Thiyagu is afraid of is in safe hands and will be revealed when necessary.
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இந்த விஜி பழனிச்சாமி என்பவளோடுதான் தியாகு 2012 இல் வீட்டை விட்டு ஓடினார். 2022 இல் தான் சிக்குகிறாள் – ஓர் இளைஞனின் மரணத்தில் !
She is working in Colours TV. pic.twitter.com/1dMB3BDdej— Kavignar Thamarai (@Kavithamarai) December 21, 2022
Viji Palanichamy Claims She Is Innocent
In a lengthy Facebook post, Viji Palanichamy refuted the allegations of Thamarai saying that the latter is seeking to gain publicity through the issue. Viji claimed that Rathinaseelan was under heavy debt and living in a rented house when she married him. She said that Rathinaseelan did not share about his family and debt problems since she was a new member in the family.
“Many do not even know Rathinaseelan has a drinking habit. Within 10 days of marriage, Rathinaseelan hit me till I bled and tortured me which his parents and the house owner knows very well.”, she claimed in her Facebook post.
She further claimed that she did not proceed with filing a complaint with the police because of the pleas from Rathinaseelan’s mother.
“Even after the violent incident, I decided to let bygone be bygones and live with him. As Rathinaseelan’s activities were unacceptable to me, I deceide to move out four days after that fight.”, Viji claimed.
Is Viji Palanichamy Connected To The Lulu Group?
Earlier The Commune had reported on the massive sex racket named ‘Lulu Group’ aka ‘Women Stress Buster (WSB)’, a Facebook group that allegedly targets young married women to have illicit sexual relations with men.
According to Thamizhachi, this group has been openly endorsed by ‘Comrade’ Sundaravalli, the rabid Periyarist known for her abusive speeches, and ‘Periyar’ Saravanan, a member of Kolathur Mani’s Dravidian outfit Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam. Suba Veera Pandian too has been extending tacit support to this group.
France Thamizhachi had filed a complaint with the National Commission for Women about this group saying that many politicians who identify themselves as ‘Periyarists’ and ‘progressives’ prey on the women of WSB group by slowly developing relationships with these women.
The women also enter into sexual relations with other vulnerable men and later threaten and extort money from them by blackmailing.
France Thamizhachi in a tweet had said that Viji Palanichamy needs to be given police protection as many big politician names are involved in this scandal. Calling Suba Veerapandian a ‘criminal’, she alleged that he was the one who tampered with the evidence during the Lulu Group scandal and tried to shift the blame on her.
விஜி பழனிசாமிக்கு காவல்துறை பாதுகாப்பு தேவை. பல அரசியல்வாதிகள் இச்சர்ச்சையில் சிக்கி உள்ளதால் அவர் உயிருக்கு ஆபத்து உண்டு. சுபவீ @Suba_Vee க்ரிமினல் பொறுக்கி, 'லூலூ மாபியா கும்பல் சர்ச்சை'யில் சாட்சிகளை கலைத்து அடிதடி வேலை செய்து பழியை என் மீதும் சாரதா மீதும் திணித்த யோக்கியவான்.
— Thamizhachi (@ThamizhachiAuth) December 24, 2022
She has questioned why the entire focus is being given on Viji Palanichamy when several top rung politicians are involved in the case.
Despite the issue making news, with some prominent Tamil mainstream media like Thanthi TV, News 18 Tamil Nadu, Junior Vikatan, Nakheeran, News Tamil 24×7, reporting about it, it hasn’t garnered much attention, probably because of the involvement of Dravidian Stockists closer to the ruling regime. suicide.
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