Madras High Court Orders Police Not to Harass Chennai Techie

Chennai techie Prasanna Shankar alleges harassment by police

Court directs police to stop coercive actions based on wife's complaint

Techie claims false complaint filed amid ongoing marital dispute

download (1) The Madras High Court has directed the police not to harass Ripling co-founder Prasanna Shankar over a complaint filed by his wife Divya concerning a marital dispute.

In his petition, Shankar alleged that the Chennai police harassed him following a false complaint from his wife. He claimed that the police illegally arrested his friend from his mother's house and conducted searches at his vacation home in Chennai, seizing the caretaker's phone and CCTV cameras.

Shankar told the court that the police repeatedly issued summons and conducted improper interrogations, even threatening coercive action. He previously alleged on social media that an ACP and an SI demanded Rs 25 lakh to release his friend from custody.

The couple married in September 2012 and has a son born in 2016. Shankar claimed that their marriage deteriorated due to his wife's mental harassment and alleged extramarital affair. He has filed a divorce petition in the Chennai Family Court.

The Madras High Court, after hearing the petition, instructed the police not to harass Shankar further.