The Tamil Nadu police have arrested Dakshinamurthy alias Seethaiyin Mainthan, a YouTuber and a Tamil nationalist ideologue for releasing a documentary that allegedly exposes the lesser known and hidden facts about E.V. Ramasamy Naicker (EVR) who is hailed as ‘Periyar’ by his followers.
The two-part documentary bases most of its evidences on the book titled “Tamizhar Thalaivar” written by Samy Chidambaranar who wrote the book under the supervision of EVR himself and was published in the year 1939
The documentary which chronicles the life of EVR based on sound research is titled as “The Real Face Of EVR”. The two parts are about EVR’s life before and after he entered politics respectively.
In the first part, Seethayin Mainthan exposes the fact that EVR frequented brothels and had sexual relations with prostitutes. He quotes from the book and mentions that EVR used to take prostitutes to the banks of Cauvery river to have fun at night and would later only in the morning.
He cites that when EVR left home in 25 after a feud with his parents, his father Venkatta Nayakkar apparently searched for him in houses of ‘high-class’ prostitutes who work in drama companies.
Seethayin Mainthan also quotes several instance from the book establishing that EVR was a heavy drunkard and a pimp.
Recently, Seethayin Mainthan had given an interview to a YouTube channel named Zhagaram Voice in which he rips apart EVR and other proponents of the Dravidian ideology.
This video had gone viral and is believed to have been the reason behind the government’s action.
Many on social media questioned the double standards of the DMK government for witch-hunting political opponents and suppressing freedom of speech and expression.
Journalist Seethaiyin Maindhan arrested by Tamil Nadu Police for releasing a Research Documentary Movie on EV Ramasamy that is apparently critical.
Freedom of Speech? Freedom of Expression?
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