A 30-year-old supporter of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) was arrested by the Kandali police in Tirupattur district on Thursday (April 23, 2026) for taking a video of himself casting the vote inside a polling booth and sharing the clip on social media.

The police said the arrested person was identified as K. Sakthivel, a native of Kunichi village, which falls under the Kandali panchayat union of the Tirupattur Assembly constituency in the district. He was a former AIADMK youth wing deputy organiser in the Kandali panchayat union in the district, before he became a TVK sympathiser.