Overview
- Chevayoor police registered an FIR on December 25 and on Saturday took KPCC leader N. Subrahmanian into custody before releasing him after questioning.
- Officers cited Section 192 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 120(o) of the Kerala Police Act, seized his phone for forensic checks, and issued a notice to appear when summoned.
- CPI(M) leaders maintain the circulated photo showing Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan with accused Unnikrishnan Potti is AI-generated, a claim Subrahmanian rejects while saying it came from a Chief Minister’s Office video.
- Congress figures, including K.C. Venugopal and V.D. Satheesan, alleged selective targeting and political intimidation, as party workers gathered outside the Chevayoor station.
- The dispute unfolds against an SIT probe into Sabarimala gold misappropriation that has produced multiple arrests, with opposition leaders also sharing other images of Potti with CPI(M) figures to challenge the AI claim.