Chennai: Following the arrest of Senthil Vasan,who was associated with ‘Karuppar Koottam’, the YouTube channel which denigrated Lord Muruga and insulted Hindu Sentiments by the central Crime Branch police, the presenter of the channel Surendra Natarajan on Thursday surrendered before the Tamilnadu police at Kottamedu, Ariyankuppam near Puducherry.
It may be noted that the BJP had organised widespread protest all over Tamilnadu demanding action against the channel and immediate arrest of all involved in the crime.
It was alleged that the channel Karuppar Kootam insulted the faith of Hindus by uploading a video with dubious claims about devotional song ‘Kanda Sashti Kavasam’ in praise of Lord Muruga by uploading an episode under the title ‘Aabasa Puranam Series – Kandha Sashti Kavasam – Kathakalatchebam’, in which ‘derogatory’ remarks against the Hindu deity were made.
Meanwhile,Nathigan alias Surendra Natarajan who sought an anticipatory bail at the Madras high court decided to surrender and waited in a library at Kottamedu after informing the Kanchipuram police of this.
He told news persons then that this is a case foisted against him by the BJP considering that he is in support of the DMK.
Last evening, Tamilnadu police reached Kottamedu (Ariyankuppam) and Natarajan garlanded a E V Ramasamy (Periyar) statue and boarded the police van in which Chennai Crime Branch AC Prabhakaran, ASP Saravanakumar and SI Veerasamy came to Puducherry. He was then taken to Chennai.