Prominent YouTuber and Political Commentator ‘Savukku’ Shankar has been arrested by the Tamil Nadu Police allegedly for his ‘obscene’ comment about women police officers in a recent interview.
He was picked up from a hotel in Theni by the cyber wing of Coimbatore City Police.
According to latest reports, the vehicle in which he was being taken from Theni to Coimbatore met with an accident.
விபத்தில் சிக்கியது போலீஸ் வாகனம்! #accident |#savukkushankar| #police https://t.co/y4W3uzOopr pic.twitter.com/b2dB9zlE9B
— Dinamalar (@dinamalarweb) May 4, 2024
Many on social media pointed out MK Stalin’s tweet on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day calling out the DMK’s hypocrisy.
Cybercrime cops arrest YouTuber #SavukkuShankar in Tamil Nadu https://t.co/R8vXnBqM8R
— Chandra R. Srikanth (@chandrarsrikant) May 4, 2024
Long live press freedom!
What a shame ! @mkstalin #dmk #dmkfailsTN #PressFreedomDay #stalin #savukkuShankar #savukkumedia https://t.co/tJ9qmBCelb pic.twitter.com/0fRMC4k2v7— Raghu Rajaram (@RaghuTweetbook) May 4, 2024
Press freedom is in tatters all right, in Tamil Nadu too. #SavukkuShankar https://t.co/jOoo506CVe
— Sumanth Raman (@sumanthraman) May 4, 2024
including Edappadi K. Palaniswami, the general secretary of the AIADMK.