Former Chennai Police Commissioner A. Arun files defamation suit seeking ₹1 crore in damages from ‘Savukku’ Shankar

Former Chennai Police Commissioner A. Arun files defamation suit seeking ₹1 crore in damages from 'Savukku' Shankar He has additionally sought a direction to YouTube and X Corp to take down the defamatory videos and tweets against him.

Indian Police Service (IPS) officer A. Arun has filed a defamation suit against YouTuber 'Savukku' Shankar alias A. Shankar, seeking damages of over ₹1 crore, along with interest at the rate of 12% per annum from the date of the filing of the suit till the date of realisation of the amount.

In his plaint, the officer remarked, he was entitled to damages towards loss of reputation, emotional distress, mental agony, professional harm, and violation of his dignity and privacy due to a series of YouTube videos posted by the defendant, levelling various allegations against him.

Notably, the plaintiff additionally sought a permanent injunction restraining not only the YouTuber but additionally his agents, representatives, followers, and any other person acting on their behalf from publishing, republishing, broadcasting, uploading, circulating, sharing, or posting defamatory content against him.

He additionally called on the court to restrain all those individuals from disseminating any insinuations or imputations referring to him either by name, photograph, designation, initials, pseudonym, code name, description, or any other indirect identification in the print, digital, audio-visual, or electronic media.

Mr. Arun additionally prayed for a direction to YouTube and X Corp to take down/delete/remove all the posts, tweets, and videos that had been listed out by him as being defamatory and called on the court to direct the YouTuber to pay the costs incurred for the filing of the present suit for damages.

Until the disposal of the suit, he additionally pleaded for an interim injunction restraining Mr. Shankar, his agents, representatives, followers, and any other person acting on their behalf from publishing and circulating defamatory allegations, insinuations, and imputations against him.

Since their continued existence in the public domain was causing harm to his reputation and a number of years of unblemished service, he insisted that YouTube as well as X Corp should additionally be directed to take down the defamatory posts, videos, and tweets until the disposal of the suit.

Notably, the plaintiff asserted there was no iota of truth in the corruption and other allegations levelled against him by the YouTuber and yet, there had been a continuous vilification of him on social media.

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