Actress Kasturi Shankar arrested by Chennai Police
South actress Kasturi shankar has been arrested by Chennai's Egmore police from Hyderabad. The actress has been arrested for making controversial statements against the telugu community. According to The Hindu, a senior officer of the Cyberabad police Commissionerate confirmed the arrest. On november 16, a team from Egmore police station reached hyderabad and the actress was arrested from a flat in Narsingi.
Case registered under these sections
The officer said- 'A case was registered against the actress under sections 191 and 192 of the BNS Act of 2023. The team arrested her at around 8.30 pm and now she will be taken to chennai on a transit warrant.'
What is the whole matter?
On november 3, Kasturi shankar made an objectionable statement in her address at a protest site in support of Brahmins. She had said that some Dravidian thinkers call Brahmins outsiders. Some Telugu-speaking people, who came to the state centuries ago to serve the then rulers, are now claiming to be Tamils. While tamil Brahmins are not considered Tamils.
madras high court had rejected the actress' bail
This statement of Kasturi shankar sparked a controversy, after which the actress withdrew her statement soon after. But a police complaint was lodged against her. A team of chennai police arrested her from the house of a film producer in Hyderabad. police officers said that Kasturi will be brought to chennai and produced in the magistrate court here. Due to fear of her arrest, Kasturi shankar had recently approached the madurai Bench of madras High Court. But the court rejected her interim bail plea.