Overview
- Those arrested include actor Aishwarya (also known as Ash Melo) and alleged investor Ashirvad, whom police have named among the key suspects.
- The victim, TA Anish, filed a complaint on February 11 after hospital admission, triggering a medico-legal case at Adugodi police station.
- According to the complaint, Anish was lured from Mumbai on February 9 under a car-sale pretext, confined in a house, beaten with cricket stumps and hockey sticks, robbed of gold and ₹30,000, and later assaulted again near Mandaragiri Hill.
- Police say the dispute involves an alleged unpaid ₹2.5 lakh loan and disagreements over a ₹5–6 lakh investment in Anish’s film, with a claim that investor Lakshmi Narayan joined via video call and egged on the attack.
- Officers seized six phones, gold, a car and cash, produced the accused in court, and registered charges including kidnapping, attempt to murder, criminal intimidation and conspiracy, with further investigation underway.