Simbu ditched Puneeth Rajkumar at SIIMA?

At the recently held SIIMA function in Malaysia, where several actors from various film industries were present, people observed that Kollywood actor Simbu almost ditched Sandalwood actor Puneeth Rajkumar.
In one of the pictures, we spotted Puneeth Rajkumar talking to Tamil actor Karthik. However, the seat in between the two was assigned for Simbu, who didn't seem to have turned up. Now, if he sat elsewhere or finally ended up next to Puneeth is unknown.
Sources say that Puneeth, who is close to Suriya, was curteous with everyone at the Awards show. He was accompanied by his wife Ashwini to Malaysia.