On Sunday, a court in Visakhapatnam transferred Telugu filmmaker Nutan Naidu to judicial custody for the span of 14 days in a Dalit youth’s torment and tonsuring case.
Nutan Naidu, who was also a part of the TelUgu ‘Big Boss‘, was taken into custody in Karnataka and was taken on Saturday and presented before a magistrate on Sunday. The magistrate remanded him to judicial custody for about fourteen days. The accused was afterward moved to Anakapalli Sub-Jail.
Police Commissioner of Visakhapatnam, Manish Kumar Sinha announced on Friday that Nutan Naidu was apprehended from Udupi in Karnataka. He was taken into custody six days after the police arrested his wife Madhu Priya and six others for attacking and tonsuring a Dalit youth at their home on the suspicion of cell phone theft.
Sinha said that Nutan Naidu was arrested after his association in the occurrence was established. He had made calls to his wife before and after the occurrence.
During the investigation, the police additionally found that he had called a few officials mimicking retired IAS official P.V. Ramesh to defend his wife in the situation. He made phone calls to the superintendent of King George Hospital, Dr. P.V. Sudhakar, and different authorities requesting that they issue clinical certificates to the accused.
Stunned to discover that a con man Nutan Naidu reached out to authorities and people in general from a cell phone number, pretending to be PV Ramesh, Addl Chief Secretary to Chief Minister, demanding for cash and favors. This isn’t just serious wrongdoing yet additionally an affront to my impeccable integrity, PV Ramesh said on Twitter.
Ramesh filed a complaint with the police after Sudhakar got back to him to cross-check if he had called him.
The police inquiries likewise uncovered that Nutan Naidu had made calls to more than 30 authorities imitating Ramesh to defend or help his family members and companions in different cases previously.
The torment and tonsuring occurrence happened on the 28th of August and the following day the police apprehended the charge, including four ladies. CCTV video revealing the accused attacking 20-year-old P. Srikanth and tonsuring his head had stunned the state.
The charges were booked for attempt to kill, wrongful confinement, and different other charges and were sent to judicial custody.
It is found out that Nutan was intending to get away to Mumbai through Mangalore. Nutan attempted to throw off his cell phone when the police encompassed him. But the police managed to recover four mobile phones from him and the Producer was given over to the Andhra Pradesh Police department.
