Remarks row: ‘Motivational’ speaker held

A ‘motivational’ speaker who stoked controversy by his remarks on rebirth and for his brazen argument on ‘sin and punya’ with a differently abled government school teacher was arrested on Saturday, police said.

Following a complaint from a member of an association committed to the welfare of the differently-abled people, he was arrested at the airport on his arrival from abroad. He was later produced before a court which remanded him to judicial custody.

The motivation speaker, Maha Vishnu, is the founder of Paramporul Foundation.

He argued with the teacher who oibjected to his remarks on Karma and rebirth and a video clip of his arguments, some of which appeared harsh, was widely shared on social media.