Chennai, June 23 -- Popular Telugu and Tamil film actor Srikanth was on Monday arrested in connection with a drugs case.

He was taken into custody around noon and after questioning, he was taken to the Govenment Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital for a complete medical check up at around 2100 hrs tonight.

After the medical examination, he would be produced before a Metropolitan Magistrate Egmore at his residence and would be sent for judicial remand.

He was said to have taken the drug from Prasad, a sacked IT wing functionary of the main Opposition AIADMK last month, who was already arrested and in judicial remand after a late night brawl at a pub recently.

Srikanth was said to have purchased the drug, said to be cocaine, from Pra...