UDHAYANIDHI Stalin, who was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged “double-meaning” remark alluding to popular actor Trisha and insulting her modesty, was released on station bail following questioning at Sengipatti near here, police sources said. After he was arrested from his Chennai residence at about 11 am, Udhayanidhi was brought to Sengipatti police station, about 27 km from here, and he was questioned in the presence of senior police officials, sources added.

 

Following the completion of questioning about the alleged objectionable remark during the protest at Thanjavur on the Cauvery issue, he was released on station bail as per the State Government’s submission in the Madras High Court. The questioning lasted for about an hour and he was set free approximately 9 hours following his arrest. Earlier, TVK escalated its protest against Udhayanidhi’s alleged offensive remark by filing complaints with the local police and the National Commission for Women. A police complaint was lodged at the Thanjavur East Police Station by S Bairavi, TVK’s Central District Women’s Wing organiser for Thanjavur.

 

The complaint alleged that when the crowd chanted “Trisha, Trisha” during the Leader of the Opposition’s speech on the Cauvery issue on August 3, he responded with an obscene, double-meaning remark. The complainant accused him and DMK IT wing office-bearers of intentionally degrading women, causing “mental agony” to the actor and women in general, and deliberately circulating a 2-minute, 39-second video of the incident on the social media platform X to cause public unrest. Simultaneously, TVK national spokesperson Pazha Selvakumar lodged a formal complaint with the NCW in New Delhi.