Sri Lankan cricketer Muthiah Muralidaran's biopic, '800' made headlines a week back as fans opposed Vijay Sethupathi from doing the project.

After receiving stiff opposition for his interest to star as Muthiah Muralitharan, who hails from Sri Lanka, a country that oppressed Tamils and treated them as minority, Vijay Sethupathi last week opted out of the project.

Meanwhile, a netizen from Sri Lanka had posted an abusive comment and rape threat against Vijay Sethupathi's minor daughter after the actor's involvement in '800'.

Many journalists, feminists, and social activists were shocked by the derogatory comments and obscene language used by the Twitter user named Rithik Raj. They requested the Tamil Nadu police to track down the youngster. Several users had demanded Twitter to arrest and block the culprit.

Now, After a week the twitter user issued an apology video in which he said "I'm the one who posted the rude comment against Vijay Sethupathi's daughter. I was mentally frustrated due to the sudden unemployment during the pandemic. Also, I was upset knowing that Vijay Sethupathi was involved in a film that talks ill about the civil war in Sri Lanka. I know what I did is wrong and I deserve a brutal punishment. I blurred my face because my identity would affect my family. I request Vijay Sethupathi to consider me as his brother and forgive me. Please consider my family and requesting Tamils across the globe and media to forgive me".