India, May 13 -- A local court in Coimbatore on Tuesday sentenced nine men to life imprisonment after finding them guilty in the 2019 Pollachi sexual assault case after multiple women testified against them during the probe.

Coimbatore Women's Court judge Nandini Devi pronounced the quantum of sentence as Pollachi was kept under tight security. The court also announced a compensation of Rs.85 lakh for the eight survivors.

The nine accused are N Rishwanth alias Sabarirajan (26), K Thirunavukkarasu (28), N Sathish (30), T Vasanthakumar (25), R Manivannan alias Mani (31), K Arulanantham (34), P Babu alias 'Bike' Babu (27), Haronimus Paul (29), and M Arunkumar (29).

"They have been convicted on two major offences (376D and 376(2)(n) of the...