H Vinoth's Vijay-starrer Jana Nayagan was leaked online in HD print earlier this month, leading to nine arrests, including a freelance editor. The police have now arrested a CCTV staff member working at a vote-counting centre for allegedly downloading the film illegally.
T Yuvraj, the CCTV technical head at Anna University, was recruited through the Election Commission and allegedly downloaded Jana Nayagan during duty hours. He took a photograph of the film and posted it on his Facebook account, which soon went viral and triggered controversy.
Yuvaraj was watching Jana Nayagan illegally inside the CCTV control room at Anna University, a vote-counting centre in Chennai. An IT official at the Greater Chennai Corporation filed a complaint with the police, which led to Yuvaraj's arrest.
The police are probing how Yuvaraj accessed the film, and it was found that he had watched it before the EVMs were moved into the strong room on April 23, after the voting process was completed.
Jana Nayagan, touted to be Vijay's final film as he enters politics with TVK, was supposed to be released in January for Pongal but was leaked online in HD print on April 9. The police have arrested nine individuals in the leak, including a freelance editor and a cable TV operator.
