YouTuber S. Karthik Gopinath, 33, has approached the Madras High Court to quash a First Information Report (FIR) registered against him by Avadi police for having allegedly misappropriated over several lakh rupees collected through crowd funding for the renovation of the Madhurakaliamman Temple at Siruvachur in Perambalur district.
Meanwhile, the Central Crime Branch (CCB) attached to Avadi Commissionerate, too has moved the High Court against the refusal of a Judicial Magistrate in Poonnamalee to grant permission for subjecting the YouTuber to custodial interrogation. Justice N. Sathish Kumar heard both the petitions together on Tuesday.
After hearing arguments advanced by advocate V. Raghavachari for the YouTuber, the judge adjourned the matter to Monday for the prosecution to point out the alleged misappropriation of funds after going through the bank account statements produced by the accused to prove that no such misappropriation had occurred.
