Kochi, Aug. 9 -- Political commentator T G Mohandas was taken into custody from his home in Mattancherry in Keralam on Sunday over alleged violent and derogatory remarks he made in a YouTube video about a student protest in the national capital Delhi linked to the NEET paper leak.

The case is being investigated by the Thiruvananthapuram Cyber Police Station. A team from the station visited Mohandas' house in Koovappadam near Mattancherry along with local police officers.

In the purported video, Mohandas discussed how he would have handled the protesters who had demanded the resignation of the then Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the paper leak row.

He reportedly said he "would have shot" the protesters at Jantar Mantar...