YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar’s mother has filed a habeas corpus petition (HCP) in the Madras High Court seeking a judicial inquiry into the alleged violence unleashed against him at the Coimbatore central prison.
The HCP is expected to be listed for hearing before a summer vacation Bench of Justices A.D. Jagadish Chandira and R. Kalaimathi on Wednesday. The petitioner, A. Kamala, 68, claimed to have learnt about the attack from her son’s lawyer.
According to the petitioner, her son was a social activist, whistle blower, political commentator and a YouTuber “who had unearthed various scams” that had earned him the wrath of the government as well as “corrupt officials” who were hand in glove with the mafia.
