Chennai

According to police, they were checking vehicles coming from Mahabalipuram side in Chengalpattu district to Chennai when they stopped the Toyota Innova Crysta (TN07 CQ 0099) belonging to the actor at Muthukadu check post. When the police team told her that they have to check the vehicle, Ramya Krishnan, who appeared as Rajmata Shivgami in the blockbuster movie Baahubali, obliged.

The cops, during the inspection, found two crates of beer and eight bottles of alcohol inside the vehicle. The law enforcement team seized the bottles as transporting alcohol to Chennai is against lockdown rules as no Tasmac shop is selling liquor in the city now.

All the bottles were seized and a case was registered against the actor’s driver.

The driver was taken to Kanathur police station and later let off on personal bail. “The actress herself drove the vehicle to the Kanathur station to take the driver back,” police sources said.

On Thursday and Friday, there was a sudden increase in the number of people, including celebrities, bringing in alcohol from neighbouring districts, possibly because of rumours of another round of complete lockdown in the city next week.