Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa misused his fan base and tried to hinder the investigation into the homicide of his 33-year-old supporter Renukaswamy, the Karnataka Police knowledgeable an area Bengaluru court docket on Thursday. In its remand software, the police additionally alleged that Thoogudeepa’s buddy Pavithra Gowda had instigated and conspired with others to homicide Renukaswamy.
On Thursday, the court docket prolonged the police custody of 4 accused within the case — Thoogudeepa, 47, Dhanaraj D, 27, Vinay V, 38, and Pradosh, 40 — after the police mentioned that they weren’t cooperating with the investigation. Although the particular public prosecutor had sought 4 days’ custody, the extra chief metropolitan Justice of the Peace prolonged their custody by two days, until July 22.
On June 11, Thoogudeepa was arrested together with his buddy Gowda and 11 others in reference to the homicide of Renukaswamy, a resident of Chitradurga. In line with the police, Renukaswamy was murdered as he had allegedly despatched abusive messages and photographs to Gowda on Instagram. A complete of 17 folks have been arrested within the case to this point.
In line with the remand software, Thoogudeepa allegedly contacted many individuals earlier than and after the alleged crime in a bid to intervene with the investigation. B Dayananda, Bengaluru Police Commissioner, nevertheless, had on Tuesday mentioned that he was not pressured by anybody.
The police additionally knowledgeable the court docket that they recovered Rs 40 lakh from Thoogudeepa on June 19 – Rs 37.40 lakh from Thoogudeepa’s home and Rs 3 lakh from his spouse. In line with the police, one of many accused, Dhanaraj, mentioned in his assertion that an ‘electrical shock torch’ was used to manage electrical shocks to Renukaswamy. The machine has been recovered by the police.
The opposite arrested accused, Gowda, Nagaraju R, Laxman M, Pawan Ok, Deepak Kumar M, Nandish, Nikhil Nayak, Raghavendra, Karthik, Keshava Murthy, Ravi, Jagadish alias Jagga and Anu Kumar, had been moved to the Parappana Agrahara Central Jail Complicated amid elevated safety.