Binish Thomas (Sub-Editor)
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lose to the heel of kannada actor Dashan involving in Renukaswamy murder case,the Banashankari police have arrested manager of film actor Dhruva Sarja and three others for assaulting personal gym trainer on KR road on May 26.
The victim,Prashanth Poojari,31,fitness trainer of Dhruva Sarja was returning home after providing training to Dhruva at his house in Banashankari at around 9.45 pm.
While he was riding his bike on K R Road,Banashankari 2nd stage,two men on motorcycle armed with a sword and a baseball bat attacked him.Prashanth dodged the attack but sustained injuries in the melee.
The duo sped away towards Dhruva Sarja’s house,The injured Prashanth was taken to a private hospital before complaining to the police .
Based on the complaint,the police registered a case of under 341 ( wrongful restrain ) and 307 ( attempt to murder) against two unknown people and analyzed the CCTV footage from in and around .
Based on the clues the police on Sunday arrested the duo identified as Harsha and Subhash who are working on behest of Dhruva Sarja’s driver Nagendra.The duo confessed that Nagendra had roped in to attack .
The police picked up Nagendra who confessed that the attack was carried on behest of manager Ashwin, following which the police arrested Ashwin.
initial probe revealed that Nagendra and Ashwin were unhappy with the close association between Pujari and Dhruva Sarja,which may have motivated the assault.
Further investigations are on to ascertain if the accused have any other motive behind the attack .
