Meera Mitun, a Tamil actress, was arrested in Kerala for using racial slurs.

 Meera Mitun, a Tamil actress, was arrested in Kerala for using racial slurs.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Tamil Nadu (IANS) — Meera Mitun, a Tamil actress who was previously arrested for allegedly making casteist statements on social media, has been apprehended in Kerala by the Tamil Nadu Police's Cyber Crime Wing.

Mitun was detained on Aug. 12 after she failed to appear in court.

The case against her was started when Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader and former MP Vanni Arasu submitted a complaint. Mitun was also the subject of a complaint made by the Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front.

For the casteist remarks she made in a viral Twitter video, she was charged under seven articles of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act.

Meera allegedly remarked in the video, "I'm not implying anything negative about members of the SC community. Members of the community, on the other hand, incur difficulties as a result of their involvement in illicit activities and crimes."

SC directors and other members of the community, she added, do "cheap things" in the film industry.

"It's time to fire all the SC directors and other film industry employees," she stated.

Thol Thiruvamavalavan, the VCK head and MP, posted the video on Instagram and urged that both the actor and her interviewer should be arrested.

Mitun can be heard purposely screaming and stating that she has been mistreated and that all the males in the room are police officers in a video made before her arrest.

She also screamed in front of the camera, questioning why a woman was being tormented. The actor claimed that she was being harassed by the cops.