Fans vs fans: Actor Pawan Kalyan's supporter stabbed to death

HYDERABAD: In the third such incident, a fan of Telegu actor Junior NTR killed a Pawan Kalyan-supporter in Karnataka's Kolar on Sunday during an argument over who was the bigger southern star.Kalyan flew to Tirupati from Hyderabad in a special plane on Monday and met the family of the victim, Vinod Royal. Kalyan has demanded that those responsible for the 24-year-old engineering graduate's murder be brought to book. “Hero worship by fans should not lead to murders. I am pained,“ Kalyan said in Tirupati.Junior NTR and Kalyan are popular in southern states with fans building temples and holding rituals for the success of their films.Junior NTR is the grandson of late actor and Andhra Pradesh chief minister NT Rama Rao. Pawan Kalyan is the brother of veteran actor Chiranjeevi.On Sunday , Royal had gone to Kolar for an event where he pledged to donate his eyes. Some fans of Jr NTR from Bengaluru were also there. At the function, Royal extolled Kalyan which was not liked by Jr NTR's fans, and an argument ensued.Akshay Kumar, a fan of Jr NTR, stabbed Royal. He died while being taken to hospital. Police arrested the accused. “The family still went ahead and donated Toyal's eyes,“ Kalyan said.After completing his B Tech, Royal had trained for two years at a firm and planned to go abroad for higher studies in two months. On his return, his plan was to set up a company and employ 200 people. Royal belonged to a Pawan fan association.Two similar killings were recently reported when fans of these two stars fought. Royal's mother Vedavathi said film heroes should appeal to their fans to bury their differences so that such incidents did not recur.“My son's heart came out when he was stabbed,“ she said and demanded punishment of the guilty.