Tamil Nadu revokes preventive detention order against Youtuber Savukku Shankar

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• The Tamil Nadu government has revoked the preventive detention order passed against YouTuber and political commentator A Shankar alias Savukku Shankar under the Tamil Nadu Goondas Act.
• The State’s Home, Prohibition and Excise Department issued an order to this effect on May 19, 2026, after the Advisory Board found that there was no sufficient cause to continue his detention.
• According to a Government Order issued by the Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIII) Department, the state government cancelled the detention order dated April 9, 2026, passed by the Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai, under the Tamil Nadu Preventive Detention Act, 1982. Read Full Story “The Advisory Board has expressed its unanimous opinion that there is no sufficient cause for the detention of Thiru A Savukku Shankar,” the government order said.
• Shankar, aged 50, had been detained pursuant to the order passed by the Greater Chennai Police Commissioner.
• The detention order had...