Indian YouTuber and political commentator 'Savukku' Shankar (real name A. Shankar), currently held in Puzhal Prison in Chennai under the Tamil Nadu Goondas Act — a preventive detention law used against individuals deemed a threat to public order — has been granted three days' parole following the death of his mother, A. Kamala. The Greater Chennai Police approved the release after his lawyer filed a petition on April 13, 2026, the day after her passing. Shankar, who has a substantial following for his commentary on Tamil Nadu politics, had only been placed in detention days earlier, on April 10, making the case a flashpoint in ongoing debates over the use of preventive detention laws against government critics in India.