CHENNAI: Actress Meera Mithun, who was recently arrested in Kerala, was brought to Chennai on Sunday. She was produced before a court in Saidapet and remanded in judicial custody till August 27. She will be lodged in Puzhal prison.
Police said her friend Abhisek Shyam was also arrested. He was seen with the actor in a video, in which she used a casteist slur. He will be remanded on Monday.
Meera Mithun was arrested by Chennai police on Saturday in Alapuzha in connection with her controversial castiest slur in a social media post. She was summoned by the police to which she failed to turn up. The cybercrime police launched a hunt for her and found her location.
Soon after she was picked up, she released a video in which she claimed that police were harassing her.
After reaching Chennai on Sunday she claimed she was not given any food for one full day after her arrest.
Meera Mithun was booked under Sections 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot), 153A1a (promoting disharmony and enmity by words), 505 (1)(b) (intent to cause fear to any section of the public), 505 (2) (public mischief) of IPC and three other sections of SC/ST Act have been slapped against the actress by the cybercrime sleuths of the Central Crime Branch, based on a complaint by Vanni Arasu of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK).
