Overview

• The Central Crime Branch of Chennai police registered an FIR against the actor for allegedly threatening to slit MP Kamal Haasan’s throat during a YouTube interview.
• Ravichandran told the Madras High Court that his remarks were unintentional and insisted he had no real intention to harm the politician.
• In his bail petition, he argued the FIR was filed without a preliminary inquiry and said he remains unaware of the crime number.
• MNM vice-president A. G. Mourya lodged the original complaint after Haasan’s comments on breaking the ‘shackles of Sanatana Dharma’ at an Agaram Foundation event triggered the actor’s response.
• The next hearing is set for August 20, when Justice G. Jayachandran will consider the CCB’s instructions on the anticipatory bail plea.