Tamil Nadu BJP state president K Annamalai accused state intelligence of taking pictures of actor-politician Vijay and actress Trisha at Chennai airport and giving them to DMK IT wing.

The state BJP chief said the private video of Vijay and Trisha undergoing a private security check at Chennai airport was taken by the state intelligence without them knowing.

Recently, videos and pictures emerged on social media of actor-politician Vijay and actress Trisha travelling together in a private plane to Goa for actress Keerthy Suresh’s wedding.

The images of the two actors led to widespread speculations about Vijay’s private life.

Addressing the media, Annamalai asked how did the actors’ private photos come out?

“Vijay has come into politics. He went for a wedding in Goa last week. He underwent a security check at Gate No. 6 at the airport and took a private flight. How is his private photo coming out?” Annamalai told the media.

“Vijay can go with whoever he wishes to for the wedding. It’s his personal choice… But who took that photo and released it?” he asked, claiming these visuals were handed over to the Information Technology wing of Tamil Nadu’s ruling party, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

Annamalai then said he would write to the union civil aviation minister to look into the matter. He said the ministry needed to find out who took these images so that a FIR (First Information Report) could be registered.

Annamalai then castigated the state government and said: “Is it the job of the state intelligence to capture pictures of whoever comes and goes? Is it their job to take pictures and give them to the DMK IT wing?

He added that no one had the right to interfere in anyone’s personal life and lambasted DMK as well. “Is this the level of political culture you (DMK) have? Is this how DMK respects people? People go wherever they want. In this case, they went for a wedding. But you will even capture pictures of that and leak. You will even take out the passenger manifest,” Annamalai stated.

The passenger manifest of the flight, which showed four others travelling with the actors, was also leaked on social media.