Chennai youth arrested for derogatory post on Tamil Nadu budget

Chennai, (IANS) | A 23-year-old man, the administrator of the Twitter page ‘Voice of Savukku’, has been arrested by the cyber branch of the Chennai Police for posting a post. Video meme against the state budget and featuring women in a derogatory manner.

Police sources said the youth, identified as Pradeep, was arrested from Gumidippondi on Tuesday night.

Sources in the Chennai Cyber Crime Police told IANS that a case has been registered against her on the complaint of a member of the Women’s Commission.

According to the police, he called state Finance Minister P.T.R. Thiagarajan presented the budget announcing Rs 1,000 for women heads of households.

Against the police action on Pradeep, BJP state president K.K. Annamalai said in a tweet, democracy turns into autocracy when power is concentrated with one family and becomes a dictatorship in no time.

He also posted that, Arivalayam Govt (DMK Govt) was petrified of the slightest criticism and has displayed its dictatorial behavior by arresting a person for his social media posts.

Annamalai in his post said, if posting troll video leads to arrest, then the entire DMK IT wing should be behind bars.

–IANS