Tamil Nadu: Stunt grasp Kanal Kannan arrested for sharing viral video of Christian priest dancing with a woman

On tenth July, Nagercoil Cyber Crime department police arrested common Tamil cinema stunt grasp Kanal Kannan over a social media submit the place a priest was seen dancing with a lady. Kannan, who’s state president of the favored Hindu group Hindu Munnani and leads its Art and Literature Wing, has labored with a number of main stars of the trade, together with Superstar Rajinikanth and Thalapathy Vijay.

Kannan printed the social media submit in query on 18th June. A case was registered in opposition to him on 1st July.

Social media submit that led to arrest of Kanal Kannan. Source: Twitter

The video Kannan shared had a Tamil music within the background. In the caption that was written in Tamil, Kannan stated, “This is the culture of the foreign religions”. Soon after the submit was printed, a person recognized as Austin Bennett, who occurs to be a member of DMK IT wing from the Thittuvilai space of Kanyakumari district, filed a grievance on the Nagercoil crime department in opposition to Kannan. Based on his grievance, an FIR was filed below related sections in opposition to the stunt grasp.

In his grievance, Bennet claimed the video was manipulated. He additional added that the tweet was printed with an ulterior motive to tarnish the picture of Christianity and set off hatred between completely different faiths.

Police issued a summons to Kannan to seem earlier than the police to take part within the inquiry. At round 10 AM on tenth July, Kannan went to the Nagercoil Cyber-crime department police station. During questioning, Kannan requested if he may depart for lunch as he was diabetic however the police didn’t enable it. He was served meals on the police station. His advocates argued he must be allowed to depart for lunch however police didn’t pay heed. Later, at round 7 PM, police arrested him and produced him earlier than the district Justice of the Peace for judicial remand.

In a social media submit, Hindu Munnai condemned the motion in opposition to Kannan and stated they’d maintain a protest on eleventh July at 4 PM in opposition to the motion taken by the state police.

இந்து முன்னணி மாநில
கலை இலக்கிய அணியின் தலைவர் திரு கனல் கண்ணன் அவர்கள் மீது பொய் வழக்கு போட்டு கைது செய்த தமிழக அரசை கண்டித்து

நாளை 11.07.2023 செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை மாலை
இந்து முன்னணி சார்பில் கண்டன ஆர்ப்பாட்டம் நடைபெறவுள்ளது

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— Hindu Munnani (@hindumunnani_tn) July 10, 2023

Speaking to Republic, Hindu Munnani’s state spokesperson Elangovan stated, “This is an entirely fabricated case. It was already a viral video that he posted. As an Indian citizen, do we not have the freedom of expression in this country? It’s an entirely motivated case that the DMK government has unleashed upon him.”

He added, “They have been doing the same to all parties and outfits with opposite ideologies. If DMK is so strict, we have given many complaints regarding temples, idols, etc. But they have taken no action upon any of these. Why is this kind of attitude only upon the Hindus in this state? We strictly condemn this arrest”.