Youth held for taking pictures of women devotees in temple

Madurai: A youth has been arrested for allegedly taking pictures of women devotees insidethe famous Sri Meenakshi temple using his mobile phone, police said.

Following a complaint from a devotee from Kerala that she saw a youth taking pictures of women devotees, police detained him.

The pictures on his phone were found to be obscene, police said adding the youth belonged to Keezhakarai inRamanathapuram district.

Police seized the phone and produced him before a court which remanded him in judicial custody.