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Fan wars! Akshay Kumar stabs Vinod Royal to death over 'better actor'

Updated on: 25 August,2016 04:02 PM IST  | 
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In another example of how fandom goes to extreme, Akshay Kumar, a fan of Telegu film star Pawan Kalyan stabbed a NTR Jr's fan to death after an altercation over the star status of the two actors

Fan wars! Akshay Kumar stabs Vinod Royal to death over 'better actor'

In another example of how fandom goes to extreme, Akshay Kumar, a fan of Telegu film star Pawan Kalyan stabbed a NTR Jr's fan to death after an altercation over the star status of the two actors.


NTR Jr and Pawan KalyanNTR Jr and Pawan Kalyan


The deceased was identified as Vinod Royal who was a die-hard fan of Pawan Kalyan and the incident occurred in Kolar, Karnataka.


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The initial fight happened, on Wednesday, when a 24-year-old Vinod, an active member of Pawan' Kalyan's political party 'Jana Sena', shouted slogans in support of Pawan Kalyan during an organ donation drive. The argument on who is a better actor angered the other sides

After the event got over, both sides of fans went to a bar where the argument resurfaced which is when Akshay Kumar stabbed Vinod Royal. Vinod was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead on admission.

Telegu superstar Pawan Kalyan met the victim's family in Tirupati and consoled his fan Vinod's relatives.

Pawan Kalyan is the younger brother of Chiranjeevi and is popularly known as Power Star popularly known for movies like 'Tholi Prema', 'Gokulamlo Seetha,' 'Suswagatham,' 'Thammudu,' 'Badri,' 'Kushi,' 'Jalsa,' 'Gabbar Singh'.

Jr NTR is the grandson of legendary actor and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister NT Rama Rao popularly known for movies like 'Aadi,' 'Simhadri', 'Yamadonga,' 'Adhurs', 'Nannaku Prematho'.

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