Sandalwood actor Arjun Dev alleges that a rowdy has taken supari to kill him

Bengaluru: Kannada actor Arjun Dev claims that a goon has been trying to kill him at the order of some unknown people. The police have filed a FIR following a court order. 

Dev acted in a lead part in the Kannada movie Yuga Purusha. He is additionally a local Congress functionary.

The 35-year-old actor asserted that Kashif, a rowdy-sheeter from Islampur, had taken supari (executing contract) to kill with him. Dev, who lives in Deepanjali Nagar off Mysuru Road, approached the jurisdictional Byatrayanapura police on March 19 and complained about the “death threat”. He also sought for police protection, saying Kashif had even made a recce of his home.

Initially the police took up just a NCR case and sent him away. But the actor registered a private objection at a court, which demanded the police officers to register a case of criminal intimidation and criminal conspiracy under the relevant IPC sections, and investigate it. The police obeyed the court orders.

A police source said that the actor’s allegations were the aftermath of a property dispute between him and another party. The property is in Ramanagaram.