Controversies Of Actor Darshan: Kannada movie actor Darshan Thoogudeepa and his shut pal and actress Pavithra Gowda have been arrested on Tuesday in reference to the homicide of Renukaswamy, who allegedly made “derogatory” feedback towards Pavithra. Darshan and 12 others have been remanded to six-day police custody after being produced earlier than a Bengaluru Justice of the Peace court docket.
Darshan and Pavithra’s alleged involvement within the Renukaswamy homicide
Renukaswamy, a resident of Chitradurga district, had allegedly posted feedback on social media accusing Gowda, of inflicting a rift between the 47-year-old actor and his spouse. Renukaswamy, a fan of the actor, allegedly used “indecent language” and posted offensive messages on Gowda’s account.
“It was Pavithra who instigated Darshan to punish Renukaswamy. Accordingly, the plan was hatched. Darshan engaged the Chitradurga unit of Darshan Fan Membership Convenor Raghavendra alias Raghu, who obtained all details about Renukaswamy,” PTI quoted its police sources as saying.
Based on the PTI report, the sufferer was kidnapped and brought to a shed within the Kamakshipalya space in Bengaluru.
“Darshan beat up Renukaswamy with a belt. After he fell unconscious, his accomplices thrashed him with sticks. Additional, they threw him towards a wall, which proved deadly, as he suffered a number of bone fractures, after the killing, his physique was dumped in a storm-water drain in Kamakshipalya space of town,” the sources informed PTI.
Darshan’s controversies
Darshan, who made his debut as a lead actor within the film ‘Majestic’ in 2002, has featured in a number of commercially profitable movies together with ‘Kariya’, ‘Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna’, ‘Kalasipalya’, ‘Gaja’, ‘Navagraha’, ‘Saarathi’, ‘Bulbul’, ‘Yajamana’, ‘Robert’ and ‘Kaatera’.
The actor is not any stranger to controversies. His previous is marked by quite a few authorized run-ins and contentious incidents.
In 2011, Darshan made headlines when an FIR was filed towards him on the Vijayanagar police station for assaulting his spouse, Vijayalakshmi. This led to him spending a number of days in police custody and in addition a stint in Bangalore Central Jail earlier than being granted bail. The controversy reignited in 2016 when Vijayalakshmi approached the police once more, alleging that Darshan had brought about a disturbance exterior her residence and tried to forcibly enter her condominium.
Including to his listing of controversies, in 2021, journalist and filmmaker Indrajit Lankesh accused Darshan of assaulting a employee at an upscale resort in Mysuru. Based on Lankesh, the incident was hushed up with a fee of Rs 50,000 as compensation to the sufferer.
In January 2023, authorities from the forest division carried out a raid on Darshan’s T. Narsipura farm situated on the outskirts of Mysuru. This motion adopted the circulation of a social media video that includes the actor discussing the presence of 4 bar-headed geese on his farm. Officers highlighted that the endangered standing of those birds afforded them safety beneath the Wildlife Safety Act.
In 2023, the actor confronted extreme criticism for a controversial comment about Goddess Lakshmi. Throughout the promotion of his movie ‘Kranti’, Darshan made a press release to the media, saying, “The Goddess of Luck does not all the time go to you. So, when she does, seize her, pull her, and confine her to your bed room with out giving her garments.” This comment stirred important backlash for its offense to non secular sentiments.
In October 2023, Darshan confronted authorized points once more when an FIR was registered towards him and two others on the RR Nagar police station. The grievance was relating to an incident the place Darshan allegedly allowed his canine to chunk a girl close to his residence in RR Nagar.
Most just lately, on January 3, 2024, Darshan and the crew of his film ‘Kaatera’ have been summoned by the police for allegedly partying past permissible hours at Jetlag Bar and Grill in Bengaluru.