Bengaluru court extends judicial custody of actor Darshan, 16 others in murder case until August 28

Darshan and 12 associates have been at the Bengaluru central jail for over 50 days, while four others have been transferred to the Tumakuru district prison.

A police officer confirmed that the investigating team had received most of the reports, including the forensic report, which pointed to the suspects as the ones who killed Renukaswamy.

A police officer said four of the suspects showed up to become approvers in the case. They are Karthik, Nikhil Nayak, Keshavamurthy, and Ravishankar.

Karthik, Nayak, Keshavamurthy, and another arrested suspect, Raghavendra, president of Darshan’s fan club in Chitradurga, surrendered before the police on June 10. They claimed responsibility for Renukaswamy’s murder, citing a financial dispute. However, the police later discovered that the four suspects were lying. Further investigations led them to Darshan and others.

The police were yet to file a chargesheet in the case and the investigations were going on.