Star MAA TV Assistant Vice President Sridhar issued a clarification on the Casting Couch allegation made by Journalist Swetha Reddy. 'For Bigg Boss, Abhishek is the Director and Endamal  India Pvt Ltd is the Producer. Interviews to pick up contestants will be done by Endamal Production House, Star MAA, Mental & Physical Heath Assistants. Aspirants has to answer 100-plus questions. Based on response, Contestants will be finalised. High priority will be given to popularity and the craving of aspirants to earn a place in the hearts of people,'he said.
                                                                                                                                    
For Bigg Boss 3, Shyam Shankar is the Programme Department Vice President, Abhishek Mukherjee is the Creative Consultant and Ravikanth acts as Manager. Raghu is the PRO of StarMAA.          
                                                                                                                            
Swetha Reddy filed a complaint against Shyam Shankar, Abhishek Mukherjee, Ravikanth and Raghu in Banjara Hills police station. A case was booked under Sections 354 and 506 of IPC. Journalist alleged she was selected for Bigg Boss 3 initially but got rejected after turning down indecent proposal. Following which, Notice was served to Bigg Boss Management by Cops seeking details about the criteria for selection of contestants. Finally, Bigg Boss broke its silence to give a clear picture.