What Youtuber PUBG Madan's Wife Told TN Police: We Don't Have a Luxury Car, Only an Audi'

PUBG Madan’s wife Kruthika, at a press meet on July 6, said that her husband worked 20 hours a day, and now their livelihood has been affected as his YouTube channels have been disabled by Cyber Crime police.

‘Toxic’ Madan, the infamous YouTuber from Chennai who used obscene language in his online gaming channels, was nabbed after absconding for four days in Dharmapuri district by the special team on June 18. The day after remanding him till July 3, the Central Crime Branch, on June 20, blocked all the YouTube channels of Madan Kumar and deleted the videos.

The police tracked Madan’s mobile number and arrested his wife Kruthika in Salem at her mother-in-law’s home on June 16, who was also complicit in Madan’s crime and later granted bail by the Saidapet court on June 29 she was with her child.

The police investigation found that uploading obscene speech attracted more viewers and subscribers to his channels, thereby letting Madan earn crores. Meanwhile, the bail plea of PUBG Madan was dismissed, and the Goondas Act was passed on Madan on July 6 by Chennai Police Commissioner Shankar Jiwa.

Unaware of the development, his wife Kruthika, who was released on bail, came to the Police Commissioner’s office to meet the Chennai Police Commissioner and explain her side. Answering reporters’ questions at the Chennai Police Commission, Kruthika said, “As my husband’s YouTube channels were disabled, our livelihood has been affected. We don’t have any luxury car; we only have an Audi A6 car.”

This has triggered a meme fest on social media platforms as netizens started trolling her speech.

Moreover, Madan earned money through YouTube videos and Super Chat, which was not illegal, she said, adding: “The police blocked the channels… We did not buy any property in the last 10 years or own two luxury cars. There is just one Audi A6 registered in my name, and we live in a rented house,” Kruthika told reporters at the police commissioner on Tuesday. Kruthika said she wanted to meet the Commissioner to get the details of the 200 complaints against Madan.

“We think it’s only four persons who repeatedly filed complaints online. So, the police should probe all 200 complainants and share with us the particulars to face the case in court,” she said.

“We are analyzing if the voice in the videos is Madan’s,” she said, raising doubt that some of the controversial videos were fake. Rejecting police’s suspicion that the female with whom Madan had intimate conversation could be Kruthika, she claimed not to have ever played PUBG. “Madan used my bank account for transactions. I have no other link to his channels, but the police arrested me without proper evidence,” added Kruthika, who was released on bail a few days ago.

She also questioned the grounds on which Madan was detained under Goondas Act. “We have gathered substantial evidence against her, which will be submitted to the court when the charge sheet is filed,” said a cyber crime wing officer. A native of Salem, Madan was a full-time YouTuber and posted his PUBG videos on his channel called ‘Toxic Madan 18+’.