Rightwing YouTuber arrested for allegedly swindling money in the name of TN temple
- Emily Charlton
- May 31, 2022
- 1 min read
A Tamil Nadu-based YouTuber, Karthik Gopinath, was arrested on May 30 (Monday) by the Chennai police for allegedly illegally collecting funds in the name of temples that are managed by the state government. Karthik Gopinath runs a popular rightwing YouTube channel called Ilaya Bharatham. According to the police, Karthik collected money on the popular fundraising platform Milaap for the Siruvachur Mathura Kaliamman temple without permission from the Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments department of the government, which is in-charge of managing the temple. He also collected money in his personal account for the same, according to the police. The money has not been given to the temple so far; according to Milaap, most of the amount collected is still in their accounts and has not been released to Karthik.

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