Bengaluru, 31 July

Around 70 days after his 33-year-old son Renukaswamy was allegedly murdered by Kannada actor Darshan Thogudeepa and his associates at a shed at Pattangere in Bengaluru, his father Kashinatha Shivanagowda has renewed his appeal to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to help his daughter-in-law Suhana get a government job.

Speaking to Salar News from Chitradurga on Wednesday, he said: “After the death of my son, we had met the Chief Minister seeking a government job for Suhana and he had assured us of his help. Till date, no government official has reverted to us on our appeal. We are facing a dire financial crisis and my pension is not even enough to run the house. Suhana is in the last trimester of her pregnancy and we worried about her medical expenses. We met the Deputy Commissioner of Chitradurga last week and again appealed for help and he assured us that our request will be forwarded to the Chief Minister’s office.’’

“A large number of people from the Sandalwood industry and the film chamber visited us after the death of our son and assured us of help but now not a soul is standing by our side and we are in dire straits financially. We appeal to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to sympathetically consider our plea and grant a government job to Suhana at the earliest so that we can tide over our crisis and give Suhana a new lease of life as she will now have a child and an uncertain future ahead of her,’’  Shivanagowda said.  

About media reports stating that actor Darshan would visit them once he is out on bail and seek their apologies, Shivanagowda said: “What is left for us anymore? He has brought our world crashing down taking away my only child.’’

Darshan was arrested by City police on 11 June for his alleged involvement  in the murder of his fan Renukaswamy.  -Salar News