Days after airing his controversial speech against the Prime Minister and the Home Minister, Tamil Orator and writer Nellai Kannan has been detained by the police on Wednesday night following the complaints filed and the demonstrations carried out by the Tamil Nadu state BJP leaders to urge the police to arrest the orator immediately.

He was arrested from a guest house in Perambalur after which he was taken to the government hospital in Trichy for the medical observation and the arrest of the orator under the grounds of making provocative statements has come after the state BJP leaders Pon Radhakrishnan, H Raja, C.P. Radhakrishnan, L Ganesan, Vanathi Srinivasan, and about 600 party cadres held protests near the Gandhi statue in Marina beach, in the middle of the New Year celebrations, with the view of demanding the police to arrest Nellai Kannan for his controversial remarks against the Prime Minister and Home Minister and the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Along with staging the protests, the state unit of the Central ruling party had tabled its petition before state Governor Banwarilal Purohit to detain Nellai Kannan. On Sunday, while addressing at an event organized by the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, Nellai Kannan spurred fresh allegations against the Central and the state governments. In his address, he publicly said that Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister but Amit Shah is his brain and if Amit Shah is finished then Modi will be finished too and by pointing out the leaders and the Muslim dignitaries on the dais, Kannan said that 'none of you are doing it'.

After his statement gone viral over the social media, the Tamil Nadu unit of BJP has filed an official complaint to initiate actions against Nellai Kannan and along with the political body, several BJP leaders had filed complaints against Kannan following which the police department has booked him under the grounds of Section 504 -provoking with intention, Section 505 (1) -committing an offense against the state or the public tranquility and Section 505 (2) - committing offense in religious ceremony.

Tamil Nadu BJP General Secretary K.S.Narendran tabled his complaint before the state Director General of Police to direct actions against the Tamil Orator by claiming that his comments are against national integrity and would incite the riots and communal clash. BJP's state spokesperson Narayanan Thirupathy is one among the leaders to submit his complaint and he cited that Nellai Kannan had abused the political leaders and stated that Kannan has expressed his shock as to why Muslims have not yet killed the Prime Minister and Home Minister. By requesting the authorities to detain Nellai Kannan, Thirupathy said that the Tamil orator's speech had incited the enmity between the religious groups.

On Tuesday, Nellai Kannan was taken to the private hospital in Tiruvelneli after he reported with the health issues and ailments and based on the complaints filed by the BJP, he was arrested on Wednesday night in Perambalur.