Tonsuring case: Film producer Nutan Naidu arrested from Udupi

Visakhapatnam /Udupi: Visakhapatnam Police on Friday arrested film producer Nutan Naidu, wanted in a Dalit youth’s torture and tonsuring case, from Udupi.

Telugu ‘Big Boss-2’ fame Naidu was arrested six days after the police took into custody his wife Madhu Priya and six others for assaulting and tonsuring a Dalit youth at their house on suspicion of mobile phone theft.

Nutan Naidu was arrested after his involvement in the incident was established. He had made calls to his wife before and after the incident.

During the investigation, the police also found that he had called some officials using the name of retired IAS officer P.V. Ramesh to save his wife in the case.

After arresting Nutan the police have seized three mobile phones from him. He was later produced in a court in Udupi.

Visakhapatnam City Police Commissioner Manish Kumar Sinha said that Naidu will be brought to Andhra Pradesh with the permission of the court.

“Film producer Nutan Naidu was arrested and produced in Court at Udupi, Karnataka in connection with an incident wherein a man’s head was allegedly tonsured after he stole a phone. We will bring him to Andhra Pradesh after Court permits,” Sinha told reporters.