I do not want sympathy: Shweta Basu

*  One journo's version was lapped up by media

Actress Shweta Basu Prasad, who had spent two months in a rescue home in connection with a sex racket, has finally reached her Mumbai home on Friday.

Breaking her silence, Shweta explained what transpired on the fateful night and what followed. She spoke to an English daily about the whole issue.

Shweta refutes reports that she was in Hyderabad for prostitution. Swetha said that she was not called to Hyderabad by any agent for commercial sex. "I went to Hyderabad to attend an awards ceremony. Call it fate or whatever, I missed my flight back in the morning. My air ticket and stay were done by the organisers of the awards function. I still have the ticket. I've been told that the agent has been arrested.

The case is being investigated. I am a victim in the whole situation. There was a raid... I am not denying the incident. But the facts are not what they've been made out to be," she said. She is upset over a journalist, who spread misinformation about her. "All the media channels have gone with a single statement made by the journalist."

She rubbished the reports that she was forced into prostitution. "When I was in rescue home, no one had the access to talk with me and how can I give that statement? . I had no idea about it as I had no access to newspapers or websites for two months," she said.

Most importantly, Shweta was categorical when she said she did not need any sympathy. "I don't want people to think I am cashing in on the controversy."