This just happened: The Chennai Police on Friday, 24 November, filed a First Information Report (FIR) against the crime reporter of News Tamil 24*7 channel and five others in connection with the alleged harassment and moral policing of women at the Big Bull Lounge on 19 November.
The context: On 19 November – the evening of the ICC World Cup 2023 – at least two Tamil TV channels, including Thanthi TV, Polimer News, and News Tamil 24*7, allegedly ran behind the women exiting the pub during what they termed as a 'pub raid'. They then forcibly filmed them and purportedly passed lewd comments at their attire.
The incident had sparked outrage on social media, with many questioning why the women pub-goers were targeted and the misogynistic and misleading nature of the coverage of the incident by the media.