Malayalam actor Jayakrishnan and one of his associates have been apprehended in the Mangaluru district of Karnataka following allegations of making abusive and communal remarks against a local taxi driver last week, The Indian Express reported.

Jayakrishnan, 52, and Santosh Abraham, 45, were taken into custody on Sunday. A third person named in the case, Vimal, 46, is currently absconding, according to the Indian Express report.

The complaint lodged at the Urwa Police Station states that the accused, who were reportedly intoxicated, hurled communal slurs at the driver, repeatedly calling him a “terrorist” and a “Muslim extremist”. The abuse was delivered in a mixture of Hindi and Malayalam, with the group also allegedly using offensive language directed at the driver’s family.

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