Chennai, March 26 -- Tamil Nadu's Crime Branch Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) have arrested five people, including two women, in connection with the attack on YouTuber Savukku Shankar's residence in Chennai, an official said.

Savukku Shankar on Tuesday alleged that his house was ransacked in retaliation for exposing an alleged scam in the distribution of vehicles fitted with jet-routing machines to Dalit entrepreneurs.

Shankar claimed that the scheme, funded by both the central and state governments, was meant to benefit poor Dalits and people below the poverty line.

"I broke a scam in the distribution of vehicles fitted with jet-routing machines to Dalit entrepreneurs. The scheme is sponsored by both the central and state ...