A 24-year-old woman was arrested today for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami...

A 24-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and BJP state president Tamilisai Soundararajan in a video posted on social networking sites, police said. Following a complaint, officials of the Central Crime Branch booked Surya Devi under relevant sections of the IPC for making comments against Palaniswami and Soundararajan, an official release said.

A 24-year-old woman was arrested

Today, she was arrested from her hometown Manapparai near Tiruchirapalli, about 315 km from here, it said. Devi was produced before a local court which later sent her to judicial custody, it said. The phone that was used to make the video was also seized, the release said.