A few days back, actor Vemal made it to the headlines for reportedly accusing a Kannada actor named Abhishek. He was also rumoured to have absconded from Chennai and the Kollywood audience were confused about it. However, Vemal has now come forward and cleared all the rumours and has given his clarification.

In one of his recent interviews, Vemal said, "The issue is solved now. My uncle had passed away and hence I had to leave. I didn't get the time to clarify things. More than my issue, I guess we should give importance and focus to the Pollachi harassment controversy. It is highly disturbing to see the visuals and I strongly condemn this. Our women should know to use social media in a safe manner without believing random strangers. It is highly dangerous and this issue is an example of that. The accused should be given the right kind of punishment.

Coming to my problem, I never absconded. I just had to leave for my uncle's death and since it was a sensitive atmosphere, I switched off my mobile phone. Meanwhile, the media started to create stories of their own claiming that I absconded. I am following up with that issue with the Police and things are very much in control." When asked what happened that night, he replied, "One of my friends had come to meet me that day, but since I had to leave to my native for my uncle's death, I thought of making him stay in a guest house nearby. That guest house is in my neighbourhood and I know the manager pretty well. I called him to ask about the availability of rooms, but he didn't pick up. So, we went in person to meet him, but he wasn't seen there. When we went, this guy was seen sitting on the sofa in the reception. North Indians usually work there in a majority and hence I asked him, 'Bhaiyaa, inga yarum ilaya' (Brother, is someone there?).

He got offended by what I asked and that lead to confusion. He started arguing with me. Had he told me that he was also a guest and not a staff, things would have never gone out of control and I'd have apologized him. My friends got pissed by that time and I sat beside him to make him calm. He never agreed to settle down and he asked me to get up from the sofa. He abused me by calling me a M********* (a foul word in Hindi), and this got my friends angry and things got out of control.

Even then, I was the one who sorted out the issue. The guest house manager knows that and you can ask him if needed. I talked to him and calmed him down. He didn't have the patience to listen to me. He doesn't know me and I do not know him. They wanted to take this matter to the court and I agreed because there wasn't anything wrong from my side. I agreed to face it on legal grounds. We have now talked and sorted it out. "