Online Bizman Held for Derogatory Post About CM Vijay
A team led by cybercrime wing inspector in-charge Durga, which is in Delhi, produced Ganeshan before a magistrate’s court there and obtained a transit warrant
CHENNAI: Chennai city cybercrime police have arrested online entrepreneur Prawin Ganeshan, 35, in connection with a social media post containing derogatory remarks about Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay and an actress.
The post, uploaded in June when Ganeshan was in Guangdong, China, was part of an online advertisement. Ganeshan, who runs several businesses, deleted the post after it attracted criticism on social media.
According to the police, Ganeshan runs businesses including Kamakartindia, which sells intimate products for men and women, besides Wintrackinc, Wintrackspaces and 24 Chettiar Cafe in China.
The south Chennai cybercrime unit, headed by Inspector Sujatha, registered a case following a complaint from a social activist.
Police traced Ganeshan and issued a look out circular (LOC) against him on the instructions of Chennai Police Commissioner A. Amalraj. Ganeshan, who arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, from Hong Kong early Saturday, was detained by immigration officials.
A team led by cybercrime wing inspector in-charge Durga, which is in Delhi, produced Ganeshan before a magistrate’s court there and obtained a transit warrant.
Following his detention, Ganeshan posted on X around 3 am on Saturday that immigration officials had detained him at Delhi airport over an LOC in connection with a June social media post that had subsequently been deleted.
Ganeshan also sought the assistance of a criminal defence lawyer in the Delhi-NCR region to appear before the airport police or the Patiala House court and contest the transit remand proceedings.
