Recently, a video of a man attacking film actor Vijay Sethupathi at the Bengaluru airport went viral with many attributing different reasons. The identity of the person who had pounced at Vijay Sethupathi’s escort team was not clear initially. Some went on to say that the man who attacked was a Kannadiga and hater of Vijay Sethupathi.
However, the man who had attacked the actor, revealed himself in a YouTube channel spelling out the reason for the attack.
The man named Maha Gandhi was apparently a co-passenger of Vijay Sethupathi in the flight and had congratulated the actor on winning the National Award.
But Vijay Sethupathi had allegedly replied in a sarcastic manner saying “Is this is a nation?”. He had also asked if the actor had paid a visit to Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar’s samadhi/statue on the occassion of Guru Pooja (the birth-cum-death anniversary of Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar). For this, Vijay Sethupathi had apparently asked who is Guru?
It is not clear if Vijaysethupathi said this but Maha Gandhi tells that the actor apparently told him that the one he is referring is a ‘Jewish carpenter’ (Jesus) and not Muthuramalinga Thevar.
Maha Gandhi also says that this resulted in a heated argument and was attacked later by two of Vijay Sethupathi’s men when he was collecting the luggage. He said that he attacked only in return which was caught in camera of a by-stander.
He added that he is waiting for the CCTV footage so that people can know what the truth is.
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