Kannada actor Duniya Vijay has been arrested by Channammanakere Achhukattu police near Coimbatore here on June 8.
Duniya Vijay has arrested on charges of obstructing the police in their duty in connection with two sandalwood actor’s deaths during a film shoot.
Channammanakere Achhukattu police on Thursday registered a criminal case against Kannada film actor Duniya Vijay for allegedly obstructing police officials from carrying out their duty.
Police officials from the Taverekere station in Ramanagara had arrived at the house of film producer Sundar P Gowda and served him a non-bailable warrant from a Ramanagara court. Sundar was one of the accused in a case where two budding actors had drowned in Tippagondanahalli reservoir, during a movie shoot in November 2016. He had failed to appear before the court during the trial hearings. Taking his absence seriously, the court had issued an NBW warrant, directing cops to arrest him.
“Duniya Vijay was with Sundar when police arrived at the latter’s residence. On learning about the purpose of their visit, Vijay wasted time conversing with the police, and taking advantage of it, Sundar escaped from the house. Vijay promised police that he would produce Sundar before the jurisdictional police on Thursday morning. When Sundar failed to turn up at the station, the cops filed a complaint under sections IPC 353 (Obstructing government official from carrying out duty) and 225 (Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person),” police said.
Anil Kumar and Uday had drowned after jumping from a helicopter during the shooting of ‘Masti Gudi’, which had Vijay in the lead and was produced by Sundar. The chargesheet submitted by police lists among the accused, director Naga Shekhar, producer Sundar P Gowda, stunt director Ravi Varma, assistant director Siddharth, unit manager Bharath and helicopter pilot Prakash Biradar. Interestingly, actor Vijay’s name has been not been listed among the accused and he has been named prime witness.
