After a photograph exhibiting actor Darshan, presently lodged in a Bengaluru jail, smoking a cigarette surrounded by three others in an open garden went viral, a video has surfaced exhibiting the Kannada actor on a cellphone name with a person.
NDTV can not independently confirm the authenticity of the video.
The video opens with a person in a yellow t-shirt smiling at one other man on a video name. The second man then walks away along with his cellphone, pointing the digital camera away from his face and palms it over to another person. Darshan’s face comes on the display screen as he cheerily waves his hand to greet the person. The person gestures in the direction of his mouth, asking if the actor has had something to eat. A smiling Darshan responds with a nod and after exchanging a couple of phrases, each wave goodbye to one another.
The 25-second video reveals the actor sitting in a brightly lit room. Behind him a big curtains cowl the wall and some garments grasp on hooks.
The Kannada actor is amongst 17 individuals, 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 Gowda after which his physique was discovered close to a stormwater drain in Bengaluru’s Sumanahalli on June 9.
On Sunday, a photograph purportedly exhibiting the actor seated on a garden chair subsequent to 3 males together with gangster Wilson Backyard Naga and his supervisor went viral. The video has raised doubts over the actor and his aides allegedly getting particular services contained in the jail.
The jail authorities have been requested to conduct an inside inquiry into the matter.
Renukaswamy’s father has demanded a CBI probe and punishment for these accountable after the photograph went viral on social media. “With such issues there’s a feeling {that a} CBI probe ought to occur… Wanting on the image I am shocked to see him (Darshan) with others holding a cigarette and ingesting tea. We get a doubt whether or not he’s in jail or not. Jail needs to be a jail and mustn’t grow to be one thing else. He needs to be handled like different regular prisoners, however right here it appears to be like like he appears to be sitting in a resort,” he mentioned.
