Police on Sunday took into custody television starlet Dimple and two others on charges of masterminding the acid attack on small-screen actor Sridhar Varma.
Dimple and her assistant Mani were arrested by Kukatpally police following the revelation by Nagaraju that he had acted on the orders of the actress and carried out the attack on Sridhar on June 8.
Police had picked up Nagaraju on Saturday for attacking Sridhar with acid. On interrogation, Nagaraju confessed that he had carried out the attack on Sridhar on the orders of Dimple.
Police said the motive behind the attack on Sridhar was that Dimple bore a grudge against him as she felt that he cheated her by going back on his words after promising to marry her.
Talking to media persons at the police station, Dimple confessed that she had requested Nagaraju and her assistant Mani to help her. She said that Sridhar had not only gone back on his promise of marrying her, but also harmed her career prospects by not letting her accept many good acting offers which came her way.
The television starlet also confessed that she had planned the recent chilli powder 'attack' on herself and her assistant Mani on June 9. She had, at that time, claimed that an unidentified woman had thrown chilli powder on herself and her assistant after stopping her car while she was on her way for a television shoot.
Speaking to media persons, Sridhar said that he would file a defamation case against the actress. He also said that he will not rest until Dimple is punished for her actions.
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