For the past couple of days now, a pic featuring YS Jagan and starlet Alekhya Angel has been widely shared by sections of social media users. It has been insinuated that Alekhya was in an affair with the YSRCP supremo. The actress is deeply hurt and has issued a statement.

"I heard several embarrassing rumours about the selfie with YS Jagan garu. The rumours in circulation are completely baseless. Last night I got many screenshots from my fans about this embarrassing baseless rumours. I have now decided to issue this statement, to strongly condemn them..they are insensitive, disrespectful and they are damaging our dignity and reputation," she says.

When was the selfie taken? "And let me explain to you all about the selfie with Jagan garu..it was a CD launching event at lotus pond Hyderabad on 18/2/2017.. I attended the event with my family along with the music team..AFTER THE CD LAUNCHING I ASKED JAGAN GARU FOR THE SELFIE and it was merely a CASUAL REQUEST for the SELFIE with JAGAN GARU who is like a FATHER FIGURE and like an ELDER BROTHER and many others were also taken SELFIES.. I am ONE OF THEM who CLICKED A SELFIE. I think you people are under impression that you are attacking JAGAN GARU to defame HIM instead you are attacking ME and My HONOUR too," she says.

Pawan Kalyan's fans have been identified to be among those spreading the selfie in an insinuating manner. Says Alekhya, "I AM A VERY BIG FAN OF Power Star PAWAN KALYAN GARU and to his humanity works.....BEING AN ACTRESS I ALWAYS FOLLOWS HIS FOOTSTEPS...and as far as this POSTING...plz..before POSTING any STUFF like this by LINKING a "GIRL' NAME" and COMMENTING in an UNACCEPTABLE MANNER ...DONT YOU PEOPLE THINK it is a GRAVE SIN JUST IMAGINE IF SOMEBODY DOES THE SAME THING WITH YOUR OWN SISTER HOW DO YOU FEEL? By posting BLINDLY YOU PEOPLE ARE DAMAGING THE IMAGE OF OUR GREAT HERO OF OUR INDUSTRY AND SPOILING THE FUTURE OF AN INNOCENT GIRL. SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER and SISTER" for NO FAULT OF HER...which is HURTING BADLY."