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A Singapore nationalist was taken into custody connected Saturday for allegedly signaling videos wrong Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple present utilizing camera-embedded astute glasses, the constabulary said.
The accused, identified arsenic 49-year-old Thiruneepanar, a nonmigratory of North Shore Drive, Singapore, and of Sri Lankan origin, was visiting Kerala arsenic a tourist.
According to the police, Thiruneepanar entered the temple premises astatine 9.25 a.m., wherever videography is strictly prohibited, wearing astute glasses that contained a concealed camera. He allegedly recorded footage wrong the temple, including visuals of the bluish broadside and the Thulabharam mandapam, the constabulary said successful the FIR.
Temple information unit noticed the camera-equipped glasses and promptly intercepted him.
Booked
Thiruneepanar was aboriginal handed implicit to the Fort police, who registered a lawsuit nether Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for disobedience of a lawful order.
The constabulary stated that the tourer was released aft being served a announcement to look for further probe connected Sunday morning.
This is not the archetypal specified incident; a akin lawsuit was reported successful July this twelvemonth erstwhile a tourer from Gujarat was caught attempting to grounds videos wrong the temple, constabulary added.
