Director and assistant held for making obscene videos using women

SALEM: A director and his assistant were arrested for making obscene videos using hundreds of women who came with the desire to act in films. The major exploitation was at Salem in Tamil Nadu. The two arrested are film director Velsathiran, a native of Edappadi in Salem and his colleague and female assistant Jayajyoti. He had captured obscene visuals of more than 300 young women. It was Jayajyoti who brought the women in front of the camera.

The women subjected to great exploitation will be selected through a casting call on social media. Velsathiran asked a woman from Irumbapalayam, who came to his studio located at Salem traffic circle with the desire to act, to work in his office for three months, till the film starts. It was only after three months she came to know that they make obscene films. The woman filed a complaint with the Suramangalam police. In the raid conducted by the police, obscene videos and photos of more than 300 women were found on hard disks. The police seized the camera used to shoot the visuals.

Scenes of women in short dresses and bathroom scenes will be shot. Jayajyothi threatens them if they were not ready for the act. The police have started efforts to find the trapped girls and record their secret statements. The police informed that a special investigation team has been formed to investigate the matter.