Madras HC seeks YouTuber's health report, 2 more cases filed against him
Chennai, May 9 -- The Madras high court on Wednesday directed the Coimbatore District Legal Services Authority to submit a report on the health condition of Tamil YouTuber 'Savukku' Shankar by Thursday even as two more cases were registered against Shankar who was arrested on May 4 for allegedly making defamatory remarks against women police officers.
He has been sent to judicial custody till May 17.
Based on the habeas corpus petition filed by Shankar's mother A Kamala alleging custodial torture of her son by prison authorities at the Coimbatore Central Prison, a vacation bench of justices A D Jagadish Chandira and R Kalamathi passed the order seeking his health report.
In her petition, she said that Shankar's lawyer had informed her ...
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