Kannada Actor Darshan is amongst 17 folks, together with actor Pavithra Gowda, who’re in judicial custody
In a brand new twist within the kidnap and homicide case in opposition to Kannada actor Darshan, pictures allegedly displaying the sufferer Renukaswamy being tortured earlier than his dying have surfaced on Thursday. The pictures emerged after the Karnataka Police submitted a 3,991-page chargesheet within the homicide case on Wednesday.
In response to information company IANS, one of many pictures exhibits Renukaswamy, shirtless and sitting on the bottom in entrance of parked vans, in tears. One other picture exhibits him unconscious in entrance of a truck sporting a vest and blue denims.
IANS sources mentioned the pictures had been discovered on the cellphone of Darshan’s aide Pavan and had been collected as proof by the police division. The Karnataka police haven’t issued any official assertion relating to the leaked pictures.
Sources say that Pavan, who can be an accused within the case, took the pictures of Renukaswamy after kidnapping, assaulting and holding him at a shed. Pavan, then, went to a membership the place Darshan was partying with associates and confirmed him the pictures. After seeing the pictures, Darshan went to actor Pavithra Gowda’s residence and introduced her to the shed the place they continued the assault on Renukaswamy, IANS sources mentioned.
In its chargesheet, the Karnataka Police detailed the alleged brutal torture earlier than his dying.
“After being assaulted by Darshan and his gang, Renukaswamy’s chest bones had been damaged. There are a complete of 39 damage marks throughout his physique. There’s additionally a deep reduce on the sufferer’s head,” the chargesheet learn.
It additionally mentioned that Darshan and his aides used {an electrical} gadget to ship electrical shocks to Renukaswamy’s personal elements to jolt him awake when he handed out from ache after being repeatedly assaulted.
“After committing the homicide, Darshan and the opposite accused used their affect and cash to eliminate the physique and tried to destroy proof. In addition they tried to border different people to flee costs,” the chargesheet mentioned.
The Kannada actor is amongst 17 folks, together with his pal actor Pavithra Gowda, who’re in judicial custody in reference to the homicide of his fan Renukaswamy.
The 33-year-old fan had allegedly despatched obscene messages to Pavithra Gowda, after which he was allegedly overwhelmed to dying. His physique was discovered close to a stormwater drain in Bengaluru’s Sumanahalli on June 9.
