The actor had resigned from his post as president of the AMMA along with other members, amid sexual assault cases against top office bearers Siddique, Baburaj and other actors such as Baburaj, Mukesh, Maniyanpilla Raju and Jayasurya.

To overcome the impossibility of a centralised distribution system thanks to the disconnect between places, local groups voluntarily took up the responsibility of delivering basic necessities to nearby camps.