CHENNAI,BENGALURU, Aug. 4 -- justify;">Leader of the Opposition in Tamil Nadu Udhayanidhi Stalin was arrested by the police for over 10 hours, taken from Chennai to Thanjavur and booked for insulting the modesty of a woman, obscenity and criminal intimidation, among others, over an obscene remark apparently aimed at actor Trisha Krishnan a day before.

In a day packed with high drama, Udhayanidhi was arrested from his residence in Chennai at 10am and taken to Thanjavur, where he had made the controversial comment at a rally on Monday. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) hit the streets and approached the Madras high court, where the state government clarified that Udhayanidhi would be released "today itself".

In the evening, Udhayanidhi ...