Srirangam temple activist Rangarajan Narasimhan was arrested on December 15 by the Chennai Cyber Crime Police in connection with a social media post that allegedly targeted Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin and Sriperumbudur Embar Jeeyar.
The arrest followed a formal complaint lodged by Sriperumbudur Jeeyar on December 14, 2024, in which he accused Narasimhan of making derogatory remarks that linked the Deputy Chief Minister to the Jeeyar in a post about recent meetings with religious leaders.
A police team travelled to Srirangam to apprehend Narasimhan and brought him to Chennai for further questioning. Authorities confirmed that he will be presented in court after the investigation.
Narasimhan is known for his frequent Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filings concerning the management of Tamil Nadu temples. He has previously come under legal scrutiny, including a High Court order to apologize over a separate social media controversy involving an industrialist.
Police @tnpoliceoffl today canlme to my house like a thrift l thief jumping the fence and is arresting me now without any info. I am on the way to the police station.
Sriperumbudur jeeyar seems to have complained.
I may be taken to Chennai now but they police days they are…
— ➶ Rangarajan Narasimhan ➶ (@OurTemples) December 15, 2024
As he was arrested, Narasimhan posted on his X account, “Police @tnpoliceoffl today came to my house like a thrift l thief jumping the fence and is arresting me now without any info. I am on the way to the police station. Sriperumbudur jeeyar seems to have complained. I may be taken to Chennai now, but the police says they are taking me to Srirangam.
