Actor Vinayakan held for unruly behaviour
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hiruvananthapuram: Anchalumoodu police in Kollam arrested actor Vinayakan on Thursday for creating ruckus under the influence of alcohol at a five-star hotel near Thevally.
Vinayakan, 50, son of Kuttappan of Thalanganathara in Ernakulam, was arrested as per Section 118 (a) of the Kerala Police Act for expressing, publishing, or disseminating contents that are threatening, abusive, humiliating, or defamatory. The actor was in the hotel since May 3 as part of a movie shooting. Two rooms, one for actor Jayasurya and the other for Vinayakan, were booked by the producer, and Jayasurya vacated on Wednesday. The hotel staff said Vinayakan was under the influence of alcohol from morning onwards and he abused and shouted at a foreign woman tourist in the hotel lobby. The hotel staff warned him against doing so. Later, he went outside the hotel and started abusing people in the locality. There was a scuffle with some locals, and they informed police, who soon took him for medical examination. His arrest was recorded at the station. Since the charge against him was bailable, he would be released after clearing procedures.Even at the station, the actor was behaving rudely and shouting at the police personnel. A video of it went viral on social media. Earlier also, Vinayakan had created such issues in an intoxicated state.
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