Malayalam actor Vinayakan, popular for his role as the antagonist in Rajinikanth's film Jailer, was booked by the police in Hyderabad on Saturday after he reportedly got into a scuffle with airport officials while being in an inebriated state. The actor was detained by the CISF, and was later handed over to the cops.
Vinayakan was reportedly on his way to Goa from Kochi, and the incident happened while he took a pit-stop at the Hyderabad airport. The actor, who was drunk, got into an argument with the gate staff of IndiGo Airlines, and later, he got into a scuffle with the officials when they tried to calm him down. The actor reportedly took his shirt off and sat on the airport floor, shouting and hurling abuses.
He was later handed over the CIDF and and was taken into police custody following an official complaint by CISF. Several videos have gone viral in which Vinayakan can be seen speaking gibberish in an inebriated state while he was detained at the airport.
Vinayakan will be let off after thorough questioning, officials said.
This is not the first time that the actor made headlines for his drunken brawls. Back in October 2023, he was arrested for creating an uproar at the Ernakulam police station in Kerala under the influence of alcohol.
Back then, Vinayakan had himself called the cops to his residence over a family dispute, but when the police reached there, he allegedly misbehaved with them and hurled expletives.
After being taken to the police station too, he abused and created a ruckus, and misbehaved with the officials during his medical examination, post which he was booked.
