The Karnataka High Court on Monday sought the status of the investigation against director A. Madan, who was arrested along with four of his associates on the charge of kidnapping the owner of an advertisement agency to recover a part of the money paid for promoting his film.
Justice Rathnakala sought to know the progress in the probe while hearing petitions filed by Madan and Praveen Kumar, Chalapathy, Murthy, and Mohan seeking bail. A Sessions Court had refused to release them on bail.
Madan was not happy with the promotion of his film Eradu Kanasu by the advertisement agency owned by Paramesh. He wanted Paramesh to return around ₹8 lakh of the ₹16.3 lakh paid for the film’s promotion. When Paramesh did not respond positively, Madan and his associates kidnapped him and demanded a ransom from his family.
