A Chitradurga resident- Renuka Swamy had returned home from his pharmacy store. He was just about to have supper with his pregnant wife, totally unaware that it was going to be his last supper.
It was around 9 PM on June 8 and all of a sudden he hears knocks at his door at this odd hour. A set of unknown persons have arrived at his house smilingly informing him that his dream actor Darshan Thoogudeepa has invited him to meet him.
It was a dream come true for Renuka Swamy who was a die hard fan of the Sandalwood mega star Darshan Thoogudeepa. Renuka's star-worship tendency had crossed his limit. He had very recently sent harsh messages to Darshan's girlfriend and rumored second wife Pavithra Gowda via Instagram.
The messages held Pavithra Gowda responsible for the decade long continual separation between Darshan and his first and legally wedded wife Vijayalakshmi Darshan. Renuka Swamy was offended with this apparent marital catastrophe of his favorite star.
Renuka Swamy was so obsessed with Darshan that he forgot that extra-marital relation is not a one way lane- his bias for Darshan made him accuse Gowda.
His recent accusations to Gowda, the heartthrob of Darshan didn't raise a red flag to Renukaswamy onto why did Darshan want to meet him. It was a lifetime opportunity for him and he agreed to go to 200KM away to Bengaluru leaving his pregnant wife with happiness.
The unknown men were aides of Darshan- political allies, brute force henchman and PR agency- moderators of his online fan club. They returned through their own car and arranged a cab for Renuka Swamy.
When Renuka Swamy arrived in Bengaluru, he was surprised to see the destination chosen by Darshan Thoogudeepa to meet him- a shed in RR Nagar for junk cars dumped by a recovery agent who happens to be Darshan's cousin Vinay. It was the same area where both Darshan and Pavithra Gowda resided.
Before Darshan could realize that his journey was a voluntary abduction he already understood that the meeting places resembles a probable crime scene. His ominous feelings were confirmed as in a totally filmy style he got surrounded by henchmen emerging from different directions encircling him.
To his surprise but not excitement he saw Darshan Thoogudeepa moving towards him, with the most angry and vile face expression ever possible. Behind him appeared Pavithra Gowda, with an appearance of a feminine version of death.
Renukaswamy realized it was all a chocolate trap and it was too late to correct the mistake he has made. He realized he was going to be disproportionately punished for the messages he had sent to Gowda.
As he saw the 30 henchmen readying wooden logs, leather belts, sticks, ropes and to the worst- electric megger, he realized the next moments are going to be painful and atrocious. He might not see his parents, his pregnant wife and his unborn child he was expecting within three months.
He directly held the legs of Darshan and asked for forgiveness for which the anguished couple and their aides were in no mood. His pleas of mercy fell in deaf ears.
Pavithra Gowda started hitting Renukaswamy on his face with her slippers following which he was lynched through beating by sticks and belts, was kicked at his face and genitals by both Darshan and Pavithra, he was electrocuted at his genitals by the couple. It has come out that Renukaswamy's body was branded with hot metal.
Besides being lynched, the 6 Feet Monster's sadism knows no bounds. He force fed a vegetarian Lingayat Renukaswamy non-vegetarian biryani despite him pleading about his identity. The anonymous police sources of the media cunningly dodged the question by stating no evidence to support the claim that Renukaswamy was further assaulted for refusing to eat.
While not addressing that he was actually forced to eat non-veg food against his faith, in Mallikarjun Kharge style (who when being asked about Sandeshkhali Riots, replied he will give in to all demands of the farmers), the anonymous police sources played the trick.
It was only a careless thrash that has cut his torturous pain short. His head collided with the edge of a mini truck and he was no more in pain.
For Darshan and Pavithra it was not enough, they kept kicking the dead body of Renukaswamy even after his death. Renukaswamy's deadbody was dumped at a drain near Summannahalli area which falls under Kamakshipalya Police Station where the murder case was registered as Crime No 250 of 2024.
On June 9, a food delivery agent noted that some dogs are eating a deadbody. His tip off to the police led to the lodge of a criminal case. The news of the case registration reached Darshan Thoogudeepa who was already in the process of the cover up of this badly managed crime.
On June 10 Darshan sent 3 persons namely Keshav Murthy, Karthik and Nikhil to the police station by promising them 15 Lakh rupees each to own up the crime. The voluntary confessors stated that they killed Renukaswamy over financial dispute.
Till then the water was above the head and the police had no other way than to investigate genuinely despite existence of numerous failed efforts of manipulation- from police feeding Biryani to accused, to Darshan's constant communication with police officials- apparently to manipulate the investigation, to autopsy experts to manipulate the post mortem reports.
The police finally cracked the case and zeroed in to Darshan and Gowda and arrested the two amid some filmy drama. The Kannada film industry denounced Darshan except actress Sanjjanaa Galrani who had converted to Islam in 2019.
The media tried to whitewash the complicity of police, political parties by highlighting some natural aspects with positive hype.
Overall, the case is very complex with multitude of dimensions. As Profilian documents the murder case and its related aspects, the readers are requested to read the mapped aspects and articles to dive deep into this case.
