Actor Jai arrested for drunken driving; Released on bail

This is the second time that Jai has been involved in a druken driving case…

Actor Jai, who has acted in a number of hit films including the superhit Engeyum Epodhum, which stressed on the need for road discipline to prevent accidents, was arrested for drunken driving early on Thursday morning, after his car rammed a road divider in Adyar.

He was later released on bail.

Police sources said that the accident happened when actor Jai, who partied with his friends including actor Premgi Amaren at a star hotel till 2 am, decided to drive back home in an inebirated state.

The actor rammed the Audi car into a road divider on the Adyar flyover, after losing control over the vehicle. When the cops conducted a breath analyser test on actor Jai, he failed it, indicating that he had been drinking.

The actor has been booked under section 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act and IPC 279. It may be recalled that this is the second time that the actor has been booked for drunken driving. In a similar case in 2014, Jai had rammed a median near Kasi theatre in Vadapalani.