The Madras High Court has denied anticipatory bail to former Tamil Nadu BJP state general secretary Karuppu M Muruganandham, who is accused of sexually exploiting a woman on the promise of marriage, misappropriating Rs 4 crore from the sale of her house, and circulating her nude and AI-generated morphed videos.

On September 18, after an enquiry, the party relieved Muruganandham from all party responsibilities.

The High Court, acting on his anticipatory bail plea, on October 16 considered some of the contentious online content and directed the police to take it down immediately from the alleged websites.

Justice K Murali Shankar said that the alleged circulation of nude and morphed images, if proved, would involve a serious invasion of the complainant’s privacy, dignity and reputation.…