Prison Officials Suspended Over VIP Treatment to Actor Darshan

Seven prison officials have been suspended and the Superintendent of the Central jail at Parappana Agrahara has been transferred following a viral photo showing Kannada actor Darshan with friends in the prison garden. The officials were found giving special treatment to the actor, who is in custody for the Renukaswamy murder case.

Seven prison officials have been suspended and the Superintendent of the Central Jail at Parappana Agrahara in the city has been transferred after a photograph went viral showing leading Kannada actor Darshan in the prison garden with his friends.

Those suspended include jailers Sharan Basappa Amingad and Prabhu S. Khandelwal, assistant jailers L. S. Kuppeswamy and Srikanth Talwar, head warder Venkappa, Sampath Kumar, and warder K. Basappa, Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara told reporters on Monday.

Soon after the matter came to his knowledge, the minister directed the Director General of Police to send a team of senior police officials. Their inquiry confirmed the involvement of the suspended officers in facilitating special treatment to Darshan, who is in judicial custody for the Renukaswamy murder case.

(With inputs from agencies.)