Was 'savukku' shankar assaulted by cops in jail? Madras hc asks for health report
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The Madras High Court has directed the Coimbatore District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) to submit a report on the health condition of Tamil YouTuber 'Savukku' Shankar. His
lawyer on May 6, filed a petition at the Madras High court _alleging that he was assaulted in jail_. A habeas corpus petition was filed at the court by Shankar’s mother, which was mentioned
before Justices AD Jagadish Chandira and R Kalaimathi on Wednesday, May 8, when they sought the report. The DLSA had sent three lawyers and an orthopaedician to meet Shankar and assess his
health condition on May 7. Shankar has been booked in five different cases so far, including one for making derogatory remarks about women police officers. In an interview, he alleged that
women police officers were giving sexual favours to a senior police officer for securing promotion. On May 4, he was _arrested_ in Theni by the Coimbatore Cyber Crime Police. On May 6, he
was _booked by the Salem police_ for making obscene remarks about women police personnel. On May 8, he was _booked in three more cases_ by the Chennai police. On May 8, Shankar’s 68-year-old
mother A Kamala filed a habeas corpus petition at the HC seeking a judicial inquiry into the alleged assault on him in the jail and to allow getting treatment in a private hospital.