Controversial Kerala YouTuber arrested for making objectionable remarks made at public occasion

By PTI

KOCHI: A controversial YouTuber, who had been accused of constructing allegedly objectionable remarks and making a visitors block on a busy highway in reference to the latest inauguration of a store, was arrested on Friday morning, police mentioned.

He was taken into custody from a home in Kochi early within the morning and his arrest was recorded after taking him to Valanchery in northern Malappuram, the place the incident occurred some days in the past, they mentioned.

YouTuber ‘Thoppi’, who has a lot of followers on social media platforms, was booked on Thursday based mostly on the criticism of a neighborhood public activist.

The YouTuber Nihad, a local of  Kannur district has lakhs of subscribers, particularly kids.

A police official mentioned they needed to break open the door of his room because the YouTuber was reluctant to open it regardless of repeated requests.

“We waited for half and hour. Still, he didn’t open the doors. So, we were forced to break it open and took him into custody,” he advised PTI.

The official mentioned additionally they feared the YouTuber would possibly destroy the proof in his telephone and laptop computer if he obtained extra time.

“Thoppi” put his telephone on reside file and posted the arrival of the police and his custody particulars by way of social media.

Police later took his devices together with his laptop computer into their custody as a part of the investigation.

As per the criticism, the YouTuber had brought about visitors congestion for hours on the busy highway in Valanchery right here just lately.

According to police, a lot of individuals, particularly youths and youngsters, had turned up for the programme.

The YouTuber was additionally accused of utilizing obscene phrases whereas singing songs and making objectionable remarks in the course of the programme, police mentioned.

The case was registered underneath varied sections of the IPC for inflicting a visitors jam and for publicly utilizing objectionable phrases, they mentioned. IPC Sections together with 283, 294 (b) and 364 (a) and part 67 of the IT Act have been slapped in opposition to the accused, the officer mentioned.

The YouTuber can be produced earlier than a court docket quickly, he added.

KOCHI: A controversial YouTuber, who had been accused of constructing allegedly objectionable remarks and making a visitors block on a busy highway in reference to the latest inauguration of a store, was arrested on Friday morning, police mentioned.

He was taken into custody from a home in Kochi early within the morning and his arrest was recorded after taking him to Valanchery in northern Malappuram, the place the incident occurred some days in the past, they mentioned.

YouTuber ‘Thoppi’, who has a lot of followers on social media platforms, was booked on Thursday based mostly on the criticism of a neighborhood public activist.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The YouTuber Nihad, a local of  Kannur district has lakhs of subscribers, particularly kids.

A police official mentioned they needed to break open the door of his room because the YouTuber was reluctant to open it regardless of repeated requests.

“We waited for half and hour. Still, he didn’t open the doors. So, we were forced to break it open and took him into custody,” he advised PTI.

The official mentioned additionally they feared the YouTuber would possibly destroy the proof in his telephone and laptop computer if he obtained extra time.

“Thoppi” put his telephone on reside file and posted the arrival of the police and his custody particulars by way of social media.

Police later took his devices together with his laptop computer into their custody as a part of the investigation.

As per the criticism, the YouTuber had brought about visitors congestion for hours on the busy highway in Valanchery right here just lately.

According to police, a lot of individuals, particularly youths and youngsters, had turned up for the programme.

The YouTuber was additionally accused of utilizing obscene phrases whereas singing songs and making objectionable remarks in the course of the programme, police mentioned.

The case was registered underneath varied sections of the IPC for inflicting a visitors jam and for publicly utilizing objectionable phrases, they mentioned. IPC Sections together with 283, 294 (b) and 364 (a) and part 67 of the IT Act have been slapped in opposition to the accused, the officer mentioned.

The YouTuber can be produced earlier than a court docket quickly, he added.