A Singapore nationwide was taken into custody on Saturday for allegedly recording movies contained in the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple right here utilizing camera-embedded sensible glasses, police mentioned.

The accused, recognized as 49-year-old Thiruneepanar, a resident of North Shore Drive, Singapore, and of Sri Lankan origin, was visiting Kerala as a vacationer.

In line with the police, Thiruneepanar entered the temple premises at round 9.25 am, the place videography is strictly prohibited, carrying sensible glasses that contained a hid digicam.

He allegedly recorded footage contained in the temple, together with visuals of the northern aspect and the Thulabharam mandapam, the police mentioned within the FIR.

Temple safety personnel seen the camera-equipped glasses and promptly intercepted him.

Thiruneepanar was later handed over to the Fort Police, who registered a case below Part 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for disobedience of a lawful order.

Police acknowledged that the vacationer was launched after being served a discover to look for additional investigation on Sunday morning.

This isn’t the primary such incident; an analogous case was reported in July this yr when a vacationer from Gujarat was caught making an attempt to file movies contained in the temple, police added.

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