CHENNAI: The actress, who posed as an assistant commissioner of police and sent videos defaming the police during the recent Thoothukudi anti-Sterlite protest, was arrested on Wednesday. A magistrate court at Saidapet on Thursday morning ordered Nilani to be in judicial custody until July 5.
TV serial actress Nilani (34), whose controversial video condemning the police firing in Thoothukudi on May 22, went viral on the social media, was finally nabbed at her ‘hideout’ in the Nilgiris.
The actress, who in police attire had released the video shortly after the Thoothukudi firing, was hiding at her relative’s house in Coonoor in the Nilgiris. But the Vadapalani police finally managed to trace her.
After the WhatsApp video she posted went viral, the Vadapalani police have registered a case against her, based on a private complaint, for allegedly making derogatory remarks against cops and the government. Thereafter, she went absconding, leaving the cops on their toes.
In the video clip she said she despised the police firing and lashed out at the department. The video had featured Nilani in police attire for a serial shoot.
She was seen saying, “I am ashamed of wearing the police uniform after the brutal firing. They are trying to make Tamizhans into terrorists, but we are protesting peacefully.”