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The Chennai Police has arrested a 49-year-old man allegedly associated with a controversial YouTube channel, Karuppar Koottam, which recently released a critical video with derogatory comments on a Tamil Hindu devotional song leading to public outrage.

A statement from the police identified the man as Senthil Vasan from Velachery area of south Chennai.

The arrest was made on the basis of a complaint filed by the local unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which sought blocking of the YouTube channel stating that the slanderous video hurt religious sentiments.

The song had triggered outrage as it took on the popular devotional song “Kanda Shasti” which praises Lord Muruga.

Following public uproar on the internet, the channel expressed regret and removed the video.

Clarifying that members of Karuppar Koottam belonged to the Scheduled Castes and its chief coordinator wasn’t a person of another religion, the channel said, “This is only a continuation of what many progressive people have shared on the stage since the days of Periyar (the father of the rationalist movement). Since many people told us that they were hurt by the content, we express our regret and have removed it from YouTube.”

Denying tacit allegations on various social media websites that opposition parties in Tamil Nadu were behind the video, DMK senior leader K N Nehru issued a statement.

We all love biryani. Don’t we? Biryani has a special place in everyone’s heart. And let’s admit, we go to great lengths to satiate our biryani cravings – from whipping it at home to exploring every possible biryani joint in the city. Indian Politician Rahul Gandhi was recently seen whipping up and relishing Tamil Nadu’s famous ‘kaalan biryani’ (mushroom biryani) on a popular online cooking show. Uploaded on popular YouTube channel ‘Village Cooking Channel’, the video went viral on social media in no time, garnering over 90 lakh views in less than 48 hours.

The 14-minute-video features Rahul Gandhi helping the chefs to prepare a handi-full of ‘kaalan biryani’ and later enjoying the food sitting on a mat. He was seen adding vengayam (onion), thayir (curd) and kalluppu (rock salt) to the dish. “It smells very nice. It is looking very nice also,” he stated. He also appreciated them in Tamil, saying “romba nalla irukku” (stand for: very nice).

Besides, he was also seen talking to the chefs and enquiring about their future plans, followed by some light-hearted conversation.

As soon as the counting of votes polled in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry begins at 8 am on May 2, television news channels, including NDTV, will start broadcasting the latest updates. The results can also be followed on their online platforms or apps.

The Election Commission also puts the results on its website and it continuously keeps updating them.

Initial trends will start rolling out soon after the counting begins, but a clear picture will start taking shape only after 10 am. By 5 pm, the party positioning in each of the states and the Union Territory should be clear. The results could get delayed by a few hours in view of the safety measure being implemented by the Election Commission to protect counting officials from the coronavirus.

The Election Commission had announced the dates for the assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry on February 26. While polling in West Bengal was held in eight phases, Assam voted in three. Election in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry was held in a single phase on April 6.

All eyes will be on the West Bengal result, where the ruling Trinamool Congress engaged in a battle of nerves with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Also, the state has the highest number of seats at 294.

The Assam results are important for the BJP as it is fighting to retain its position in the state where it won for the first time in 2016.

Tamil Nadu has 234 seats and the battle is between Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and MK Stalin.

In Kerala, the contest is between the ruling CPM-led LDF, Congress-led UDF, and BJP. The state has 140 seats.

The fight in Puducherry is between the Congress-led UPA and the AINRC-led opposition alliances.

The election process continued for almost two months and during the second wave of the pandemic.

The Election Commission has banned all victory processions by political parties after the results are announced. It has also ordered officials to not allow more than two people to accompany the winning candidate or his/her representative for receiving the certificate of election from the Returning Officer.

Remember that online cooking channel from Tamil Nadu, which featured Rahul Gandhi cooking ‘Kalan Biryani’ (mushroom biryani)? The video went viral on social media and garnered over 90 lakh views in less than 48 hours. The channel, named Village Cooking Channel, recently made a record by garnering 1 crore (10 million) subscribers on YouTube. Reportedly, this achievement made Village Cooking Channel the first YouTube channel from South India to get a diamond play button – a recognition bestowed upon by YouTube on achieving a certain milestone.

In 2018, Village Cooking Channel was launched by 75-year-old Periyathambi – a former caterer by profession – and his grandchildren Ayyanar, Murugesan, Tamilselvan, Muthumanickam and Subramanian. The team of 6 people initially started this channel just as a pass time. “We do farming for 6 months and the rest of the six month, we had nothing to do. It is then when we decided to launch the channel,” one of the members stated. But soon, their content went viral, gathering more and more views on each video. The videos generally feature these people cooking traditional South Indian foods and other exotic recipes on agricultural fields, using traditional cooking methods. From liver biryani to pani puri and gulab jamun – they cooked it all on the channel. In each of these videos, we see Periyathambi and his grandchildren cooking these foods in really big batches. They informed that these foods were initially distributed among family and neighbours. But later during the pandemic, they gave the food to different orphanages and other needy people.

Reportedly, Village Cooking Channel earns around Rs. 7 lakh per month from YouTube. To commemorate their achievement, the creators recently donated Rs. 10 lakh to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund (CMPRF) from their YouTube earning. According to their unboxing video, this donation was made to support the state’s fight against Covid-19.

Manish Kashyap Surrendered: The EOU has registered three cases against Kashyap and others on the charges of “indulging in spreading fake videos of migrants being killed and beaten up in Tamil Nadu on social media”.

Popular YouTuber Manish Kashyap from Bihar, who has several cases filed against him by the Bihar and Tamil Nadu police for allegedly making fake videos of Bihari migrant workers in the southern state, was arrested on Saturday morning. This is the third arrest in the case.

Kashyap was arrested at the Jagdishpur police station of Bettiah in the West Champaran district, where he surrendered after the Bihar Police, and it’s Economic Offences Unit, reached his home to attach his properties. He is accused of circulating false and misleading videos about residents of Bihar working in Tamil Nadu.

“Kashyap, wanted by Bihar Police and Tamil Nadu Police in fake news matter of labourers issue in the southern state, surrendered before the police on Saturday fearing arrest and attachment of his belongings,” a statement issued by the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar Police said.

The EOU has registered three cases against Kashyap and others on the charges of “indulging in spreading fake videos of migrants being killed and beaten up in Tamil Nadu on social media”.

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