Chennai: Savukku Shankar was arrested by cybercrime wing of Chennai police in a fresh case on Friday on charges of spreading misinformation about the state govt’s conservancy workers welfare scheme through a YouTube channel. He is already in judicial custody since Tuesday.
A Theni police team arrested Shankar on Tuesday and lodged him in central prison, Madurai, in connection with a narcotic drugs case.
As he failed to appear before the court concerned, a non-bailable warrant was issued against him. When the Theni police executed the warrant and produced Shankar before the court, it ordered judicial custody till Dec 20.
Meanwhile, Chennai cybercrime police obtained a prisoner on transit (PT) warrant from the special court for CCB cases in Egmore and handed it over to Shankar through the officials in central prison in Madurai, where he is now lodged.
As per procedure, Shankar will be produced before the magistrate court in Egmore and formally arrested in the second case slapped on him.
Shankar was previously detained for making offensive comments about women police officers and he faced multiple charges filed by the police departments in Trichy, Coimbatore and the Nilgiris. Shankar was detained in Theni by the Coimbatore cybercrime police in May 2024.
