The Govindaraja Nagar police on Saturday arrested businessman and AVR Group founder Aravind Venkatesh Reddy early on Monday at Kempegowda Worldwide Airport (KIA) following a lookout discover to stop him from leaving or getting into the nation in reference to a sexual harassment case in opposition to him.
The accused, a real-estate entrepreneur, movie producer, and former Bellary Tuskers cricket group proprietor, was arrested by the police quickly after he landed from Sri Lanka, the place he had traveled for a cricket-related occasion.
The sufferer, who’s round 36 years and has acted in round 9 films in Kannada cinema, alleged that she met Aravind in 2021, when he contacted her and invited her as a particular visitor for a cricket match inauguration in Sri Lanka.
Their interactions quickly turned cordial, with the businessman allegedly displaying “care, affection and protracted consideration.”
Aravind, whose AVR Group sponsored a number of movie star cricket tournaments in Dubai, Sri Lanka, and India, often interacted with actors and fashions, and the actress said that he steadily “entered her private area” underneath the pretext of friendship.
The sufferer said in her criticism that when the actress started distancing herself and expressed clearly in 2023 that she didn’t wish to proceed the connection, Aravind allegedly started to stalk and even threatened her with dire penalties.
Unable to resist the psychological and bodily harassment, the actress reportedly tried suicide at her residence in JP Nagar. She was rushed to a hospital by her buddy.
The actor additionally accused him of morphing her images and circulating them on-line. A separate criticism was filed on the south division cybercrime police station. The accused even tried to defame her by posting an nameless letter to her household and pals when she refused to his demand for the connection, she alleged.
Revealed – November 15, 2025 10:40 pm IST