Karunakaran, who’d earlier requested actor Vijay to step in and rein his fan base, has said that he plans to file a police complaint against the actor’s fans for unrelenting social media abuse.
The actor will appear at the Chennai Police Commissioner’s Office and make a complaint. A spokesperson for the actor said that Karunakaran’s post on social media in which he asked actor Vijay to advise his fans and ask them to not indulge in social media abuse, was meant in the ‘right sense’. “He did not mean to abuse or hurt anybody through his posts. It is just that Karunakaran wanted to reinforce an idea he had been thinking about for a long time.”
But ever since he tweeted that message, Karunakaran has been subjected to vile abuse and attack on social media. “They have crossed the line way too many times. The police have to step in now as there’s no one else controlling these fan accounts.”
In some cases, fans hinted that Karunakaran’s past association with actor Ajith Kumar was to be blamed for his opinion. Fans of Ajith, meanwhile, celebrated Karunakaran’s opinion.
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Vijay has been repeatedly questioned about his silence on the social media abuse perpetrated by some of his followers. In 2017, a female journalist was targeted by the actor’s fans when she posted a criticism of his film, Sura. At the time, an FIR was registered against two men, believed to be fans of the actor. Vijay did not immediately intervene, despite repeated requests from the journalist and other celebrities. Much later he issued a press release asking fans to not abuse women.
A spokesperson for actor Vijay chose not to comment on the issue. Sources close to the actor said that it is unlikely that this controversy will be brought to Vijay’s notice as he is currently on a foreign trip.