India, Aug. 4 -- The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government on Tuesday told the Madras High Court that it had merely detained senior Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Udhayanidhi Stalin for questioning and that the latter will be released soon.

Stalin was taken into custody by the police this morning following an FIR against him over his alleged remarks on Tamil film actor Trisha Krishnan.

Tamil Nadu advocate general (AG) Vijay Narayan told a bench of Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan that the State had "no intention" of keeping Udhayanidhi in custody and that he had been detained only for questioning.

"He will be let out today itself on station bail. State only wants to protect the interest of women," Narayan said.

Recording the gover...