Chennai, May 23 (IANS) Popular YouTuber and political commentator Savukku Shankar was released from Puzhal Central Prison after the Tamil Nadu government revoked the preventive detention order imposed against him under the Goondas Act. His release followed the recommendation of an advisory committee constituted to review cases registered under the law after the change in government in the State.Shankar had earlier been arrested in connection with alleged defamatory remarks made against the previ…
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Chennai, May 20 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has ordered the immediate release of YouTuber and journalist A. Shankar, popularly known as ‘Savukku’ Shankar, after the State Advisory Board concluded that there was no sufficient cause to continue his preventive detention under the Tamil Nadu Preventive Detention Act, 1982. In an official order issued on Tuesday (May 19, 2026), the government directed authorities to release Shankar immediately, unless he was being held under any other law or…
Chennai, May 13 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday granted conditional bail to YouTuber and journalist Savukku Shankar in an attempt to murder case, observing that an individual’s liberty cannot be curtailed merely because the allegations against him are serious. Justice Victoria Gowri, while allowing the bail petition, held that continued incarceration was unnecessary when the accused’s presence could be secured through stringent conditions imposed by the court.The court directed…