Kannada telly heartthrob Chandan Kumar was allegedly assaulted by a technician on the units of his Telugu show Srimathi Srinivas. The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday (July 31) when Chandan was shooting for the upcoming episode of his Telugu daily soap.A video of the same has surfaced on various digital media platforms. In the video, Chandan Kumar is seen being confronted by a number of technicians on the sets of the Telugu daily soap. This eventually is seen turning into a heated verbal exchange. An individual from the sets is also seen assaulting Chandan.
While, addressing the media, Chandan responded by saying, "It began off with a small incident. My mom is hospitalized over a coronary heart problem and I’ve not had proper sleep. At the same time, I returned to the shoot of my Telugu show. Hence, yesterday, when the assistant director, MR. Ranjith called me for the shot, I requested him to give me five minutes as I was feeling very drowsy. I just wanted a quick power nap."He continued, "I don't really know how it got conveyed to him. But he made some unfastened feedback and complained to the director. I just pushed the assistant director out of leniency as we all work on the same sets as siblings. The team called up the association and within seconds things started to escalate."Having said that, Chandan also avered that he does not want to keep anything related to this incident in his mind. He also mentioned that he would rather forget everything and go ahead with his work.Chandan has worked in popular serials like Radha Kalyana, Lakshmi Baramma, Marali Mansagide, etc.He also played the lead role in Prema Baraha, the launchpad of Arjun Sarja's daughter Aishwarya.