Mumbai: Kannada actors Arun Gowda, BV Aishwarya and few others were seen chiding a family for not standing up for the national anthem in a cinema hall in Bengaluru.
A video has been shared widely on social media showing the two actors castigating the family.
According to media reports, the incident occurred on October 23 at PVR Orion Mall during the screening of the Tamil movie Asuran.
The video reportedly shared by Aishwarya on her Facebook page with the caption: "So-called citizens of India refused to stand while the national anthem was played (and) we are here as the true citizens to set these anti-Indians right. Don't you dare."
The post was deleted later by the actress.
After watching the video, Bengaluru Deputy Commissioner of Police, North, Shashi Kumar on Tuesday said: "There hasn't been anything of the kind that when the national anthem was being played, they are not standing."
Arun took to Instagram on Tuesday to clarify that no one was manhandled during the incident... Shared a video, he wrote: "Namaskara yellarigu... hello everyone..... regarding the National Anthem issue this is what I want to say... no one manhandled anyone there..."
Justifying his actions, Arun said: "In a video of them going out peacefully has been sent to all news channels as it's not allowed to update Instagram and ok if they don't stand up for our anthem according to SC order but when they spoke bad about our India Army not me no one will spare them... Jai Hind."
Since no one filed a complaint, the police are yet to take any action on the incident which occurred on October 23.
"Nobody has come forward to lodge a complaint. Neither the individuals who objected nor the individuals who were heckled or the cinema hall management," said the DCP.
