India, Jan. 19 -- Actor Renu Desai held a conference at the Press Club in Hyderabad on Monday, along with actor Rashmi Gautam and director Sashi Kiran Tikka, to raise awareness about street dog bites. However, the conference soon turned sour when she lost her cool after claiming a person had got into an argument with her and was trying to hit her. She also posted a clarification video on the matter after videos from the conference blew up.

An incensed Renu questioned why people were selective when it came to street dogs, even as mosquitoes, lack of road safety, murders and rapes affected people more. She said, "There are lakhs of people dying due to mosquito bites; do their lives not hold value? A little child I know died of dengue. Only...