Kochi: YouTuber VJ Machan, who is very viral among the youth, has been arrested in the POCSO case. VJ Machan was arrested by the Kalamasery police on the complaint of the 16-year-old girl. Govind VJ is popular on YouTube as VJ Machan. His videos are viral on YouTube and Instagram.
VJ Machane was taken into custody by the Kalamasery police from a flat in Kochi this morning on the complaint filed by a Kochi native girl. Later his arrest was recorded. The police have seized his mobile phones and laptop. The police are interrogating him in detail.
The girl complained that she was sexually abused by someone she met through social media. The girl filed a complaint directly at the Kalamasery police station.
VJ Machan is a native of Alappuzha Mannar. He has about two and a half lakh followers on YouTube and Instagram.