Vijay asks his fans to not make slanderous comments against women. Read his statement

Tamil film superstar Vijay has responded to the requests of asking his fans to not abuse a woman journalist. In a statement issued on Wednesday evening, he has asked his fans and supporter to not post anything on social media that can be taken as an insult to women.

“I respect women in society. Anybody has the freedom of expression to criticise anybody’s film. My opinion is that maligning or making slanderous comments against women should not be made,” he said in a statement.

This all started when Chennai-based journalist Dhanya Rajendran posted a tweet in which she said how she walked out of Vijay’s film Sura some years ago. She was comparing her experience of watching Sura with Shah Rukh Khan’s Jab Harry Met Sejal.

The fans of the star didn’t take it well and started trolling her, and Rajendran had to finally complain to the police.

Chennai Police later filed a case against the online abusers.

City Police filed the case against two or more Twitter handles, and invoked various sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC), Information Technology Act 2000 and TN Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 2002.