‘Jailer’ actor Vinayakan booked for allegedly sharing 8-year-old girl’s photo online
Malayalam actor Vinayakan best known for his role as the antagonist in Rajinikanth’s blockbuster Jailer has found himself at the centre of a fresh controversy.
As per news agency PTI, Police have registered a case against Malayalam actor Vinayakan for allegedly publishing the photograph of an eight-year-old girl online in Mavelikara here officials said on Thursday.
So, according to police the case was actually filed on Wednesday, after the girl father approached the Kerala State Commission for Child Rights and they told the police to take immediate action on the complaint.
Officials said the girls father a resident within the Mavelikara police station limits attended a hearing before the Commission recently, like.
As per the FIR, on July 23, 2025 around 7.10 pm the complainant forwarded to Vinayakan on WhatsApp a Facebook post that was made by someone else against the actor sort of like a specific allegation.
“Out of enmity over forwarding the said Facebook post Vinayakan took a screenshot of the WhatsApp message sent by the complainant at around 2 am on July 24, 2025. Along with it, he also took a screenshot of the complainant’s WhatsApp profile photo, which featured his eight-year-old daughter. Vinayakan then circulated these screenshots, along with the complainant’s mobile phone number through his verified Facebook account without the complainant’s permission,” the FIR alleged.
“Believing it to be Vinayakan’s mobile phone number after seeing it on his Facebook post, several individuals called the complainant on his mobile phone and verbally abused him. This caused significant defamation, mental agony and distress to the complainant, his daughter and his family,” the FIR said.
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