Chennai, June 14 -- Social media commentator and BJP supporter Kishore K Swamy was on Monday arrested by the police for posting defamatory contents against former Chief Ministers and DMK leaders C N Annadurai and M.Karunanidhi and present CM M.K.Stalin.

An acerbic critic of the ruling DMK and a supporter of both the AIADMK and the BJP on the social media, Kishore Swamy was arrested from his residence by the Sankar Nagar Police following a complaint from DMK IT wing Coordinator Ravichandran for posting and circulating abusive, defamatory content against former Chief Ministers and present Chief Minister in his Twitter.

Acting on the complaint, police registered cases against Kishore Swamy under various sections of the IPC, includin...