AR Murugadoss has not been arrested as yet, despite reports to the contrary. A tweet from producer of AR Murugadoss’ Sarkar led to the confusion, with a spokesperson for the Chennai Police dismissing the news as a rumour. Sun Pictures’ refused to comment on its tweet, though Murugadoss did offer an explanation on his social media account.
Murugadoss tweeted that the Chennai Police knocked on his door several times and left when they realised that he was not home. The Police, however, tell us that they were only there to provide protection for AR Murugadoss in light of the protests against his film by supporters of late TN CM Jayalalitha who was reportedly maligned in the film.
Police had come to my house late tonight and banged the door several times.Since I was not there they left the premises. Right now I was told there is no police outside my house.
— A.R.Murugadoss (@ARMurugadoss) November 8, 2018
The spokesperson for the Chennai Police did confirm that several complaints have been made against the director regarding this issue and reiterated that no arrest was carried out by the Police or intended.
“We just asked the beat police in that area to go check up on AR Murugadoss since several protests had happened. It was not our intention to arrest him,”the spokesperson said.
“We have received several complaints against him. But we are yet to launch an investigation,” they added.
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