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YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar was arrested by the Greater Chennai City Police connected Saturday (December 13, 2025) day successful transportation with a transgression lawsuit registered against him.
When unit from the Meenambakkam and Madipakkam constabulary stations went to his residence, located successful an flat analyzable connected the Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road, connected Saturday morning, Shankar reportedly refused to travel retired and locked himself inside. He told the officials to hold until his advocates arrived.
Police unit were seen arguing with his lawyers and seeking their practice to transportation retired the arrest. They besides requisitioned the assistance of Fire and Rescue Services unit to interruption unfastened the doorway and summation entry, constabulary sources said.
Shankar was arrested astatine his residence astir 2.15 p.m., pursuing which searches were conducted astatine the house.
Earlier, successful a video posted connected societal media, Shankar claimed that the constabulary had travel to apprehension him successful transportation with a transgression lawsuit registered by the Adambakkam constabulary based connected a ailment lodged by movie shaper Purushothaman successful June past year.
He alleged that Purushothaman had claimed helium was assaulted and threatened by Shankar and his squad members erstwhile helium visited him past June and requested the deletion of a video containing derogatory contented astir him. The shaper besides alleged that ₹2 lakh was “snatched from him” and that an further ₹10 lakh was demanded to delete the clip, Shankar said successful the video.
Shankar said helium was summoned by the Adambakkam constabulary successful October 2025 and helium had past fixed a reply countering the allegations made by the complainant.
The constabulary are yet to disclose details of the lawsuit and the complaint.
