YouTuber 'Savukku' Shankar detained under Goondas Act

Shankar, who is currently lodged in the Coimbatore Central prison, was served the detention order under the Goondas Act

By :  Agencies
Update: 2024-05-12 10:41 GMT
There are seven cases pending against Shankar in Chennai police's central crime branch/cyber crime. File photo

Chennai, May 12 (PTI) YouTuber 'Savukku' Shankar, currently lodged in the Coimbatore Central prison, was on Sunday detained under the Goondas Act, Chennai city police said.

Based on the orders of Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai, Sandeep Rai Rathore, the detention order under the Goondas Act was served on Shankar by a cyber crime (Chennai) police inspector on May 12, they said.

There are seven cases pending against Shankar in Chennai police's central crime branch/cyber crime out of which three are under investigation, chargesheets have been filed in two and the remaining are pending trial, according to a police press note. PTI 

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