In yet another case of clampdown on dissent in Tamil Nadu, popular YouTuber Maridhas was arrested by the DMK government on Friday after he released videos criticizing the ruling regime’s role in the stampede at TVK leader Vijay’s rally in Karur, which claimed the lives of 41 people.
Police claimed the video carried “misleading and false statements” about the tragedy and booked him under multiple sections of the IPC and IT Act. He was arrested from his residence in Chennai’s Neelankarai suburb and taken into custody.
Maridhas has consistently taken on both sides — slamming the TVK for its recklessness and accusing the DMK government of failure and even of attempting to sabotage Vijay’s political rise.
In one video, Maridhas had raised suspicions about DMK leader Senthil Balaji since Karur is his stronghold.
“For stampede to happen, there needs to be a confusion in the crowd and a fear induced because of that. If this happens naturally, it is an accident. But if someone tries to create such a situation artificially in a crowd which the politicians are very much capable of, and that too when you go to Karur.. today if there is one person in Tamil Nadu who is very close and is the right hand man for Stalin, it is Senthil Balaji. Senthil Balaji gang is the one which is collecting money per bottle and giving it to DMK family. If Vijay is going to Senthil Balaji’s bastion of Karur, on one hand he is a powerful minister and Senthil Balaji is a big ‘Ammavaasai’ (a cunning politician). If you prepare a list of politicians who would do politics on anything and go to any extent, he will be at number one position. Such a politician who would do anything, with high criminality, and someone close to the ruling family being their right hand.. if Vijay is going there, you should have the sharpness to gauge the conspiracy. Who should have such sharpness? The commission that is investigating.“, said Maridhas.
He further said that TVK members are raising valid questions and went on to point out three things that hint at a conspiracy. He mentioned:
1) An ambulance that kept doing rounds and Sun TV jumping in to putting bytes of the ambulance driver about the crowd not letting the ambulance go
2) Sun TV’s another byte of a person who is supposedly close to Senthil Balaji as seen from his social media
3) Powercut that happened during the rally which the Aruna Jagadeesan commission set up by the DMK government to probe the stampede, had tried to dismiss
Maridhas had also taken aim at the Aruna Jegadeesan Commission arguing that it was not moving in the right direction and appeared to be nothing more than a facade to cover up the real failures of the DMK government. He further went on to make allegations against the ruling DMK government and blamed it for the loss of 41 lives.
Further on 4 October 2025, Maridhas had posted on his social media about exposing the “entire drama staged by the DMK gang in court”.
This video had gone viral on social media triggering action from the DMK government as MK Stalin himself had put a video message saying that strict legal action will be taken on those who make defamatory remarks in social media.
“10 Ruba Balaji.. What was the trick that happened in court against Vijay? – At 6 PM today.”, Maridhas had posted on X.
இன்று மாலை: நீதிமன்றத்தில் திமுக கும்பல் நடத்திய மொத்த நாடகத்தின் விவரம் வீடியோவாக வெளியிடப்படும்.
10ரூபா பாலாஜி..
விஜய் எதிராக நீதிமன்றத்தில் நடந்த தந்திரம் என்ன – மாலை 6 மணிக்கு..— Maridhas (@MaridhasAnswers) October 4, 2025
At 1 PM, Maridhas had posted that police have arrived at his house.
என் இல்லத்திற்கு காவல்துறை கைது செய்ய வந்துள்ளது.
— Maridhas (@MaridhasAnswers) October 4, 2025
The DMK government has arrested Maridhas despite multiple judgements that arrests should not be made for social media utterances.
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