Idol-theft case: TVS Motor chairman Venu Srinivasan gets temporary relief

The issue came to light after a devotee, Rangarajan Narasimhan, filed a complaint with the police, asking it to investigate the theft of the peacock idol

TVS Motor Chairman Venu Srinivasan (pictured) has fought hard with his competitors for market share, but the latest battle in his life is surely the toughest one. The 66-year-old well-respected industrialist has been named in a first information report (FIR), which accused him of replacing a century-old peacock idol at Chennai’s Kapaleeswarar temple with a fake one.

In his anticipatory bail plea to the Madras High Court, Srinivasan said he came to know of the complaint through an affidavit filed by Elephant G Rajendran, an advocate. He also said he had spent Rs 7 million from his own pocket for the