KOCHI: The police has taken Big Boss contestant Dr Rajith Kumar into custody for the mass reception organised at the Cochin International Airport despite restrictions on such gatherings in view of the coronavirus threat. He was taken into custody from his house in Attingal. As per the offence charged against him, he is liable to get a bail.

The police had so far arrested 13 people related to the incident. By the time police reached his rented house in Aluva, he had gone underground by then. The Nedumbassery police had the other day registered a case against 75 people for organising the reception at the airport by violating the directive issued by the government to prevent spread of novel coronavirus in the state.

The fans organised a reception outside the domestic terminal for him who reached Sunday night in Indigo flight. Majority of his fans were students and some small children were also there.