South Indian movie actor Srikanth (46), who has appeared in over 54 movies, together with a number of in Telugu and Malayalam, was arrested on Monday by the Larger Chennai Police in reference to a narcotics case, police stated. The arrest adopted the detention of T. Prasad, a functionary of the AIADMK IT wing, who’s suspected of getting equipped the banned substance to the actor.Throughout interrogation, police gathered proof pointing to Actor Srikanth’s alleged involvement within the drug community. In accordance with officers, Tamil actor Shrikanth was produced earlier than a Justice of the Peace on the Justice of the Peace’s residence. They stated the actor has been remanded to judicial custody till July 7, 2025, following his look. Shrikanth’s advocate, Vignesh Ramanadhan, represented him through the proceedings.Earlier, he was taken to Kilpauk Medical Faculty Hospital for a medical examination as a part of the process. Following this, Actor Srikanth was produced earlier than Justice of the Peace Dhayalan of the 14th Metropolitan Justice of the Peace Court docket, Egmore. The listening to passed off on the Justice of the Peace’s residence within the Judicial Officers’ Quarters, which is positioned within the Egmore space of Chennai. Actor Srikanth was dropped at the Nungambakkam Police Station on Monday afternoon and interrogated for greater than 9 hours. Throughout this time, a blood pattern was collected and examined, with the outcomes confirming the presence of the narcotic substance in his system. Srikanth made his performing debut in 1999 with Ok Balachander’s TV present Jannal–Marabu Kavithaigal. In 2002, he debuted on the silver display with the Tamil movie Roja Kootam.In April, Malayalam actors Shine Tom Chacko and Sreenath Bhasi have been questioned by excise officers in a drug seizure probe.The medicine have been found within the possession of a lady, who allegedly advised the excise authorities that she had consumed medicine alongside each Chacko and Bhasi. Based mostly on her assertion, the excise division issued notices to the actors, prompting their look for questioning.