Remand copy was submitted to the court demanding judicial custody of 15th accused Karthik alias Kappe and 17th accused Nikhil Nayak.

According to the remand copy, Darshan had given Rs 30 lakh to accused Pradosh to manage the police and lawyers and to pay those who disposed of the dead body. Police have seized money from Pradosh's residence.

With the arrest of all 17 accused in the case, the police have registered charges under several sections of the IPC, including 302 (murder), 201 (causing destruction of evidence, giving false information), 120B (criminal conspiracy), 364 (kidnapping). Are. 355 (use of criminal force), 384 (extortion), 184 (unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting), and 148 are read with 149 (guilty of rioting, being armed with a deadly weapon).

Doctors who conducted the post-mortem of Renukaswamy's body have said that death was due to shock and haemorrhage as a result of multiple blunt injuries. Furthermore, the viscera samples have been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for further analysis.

Investigation revealed that accused Pradosh had thrown the mobile phones of Renukaswamy and accused Raghavendra into the gutter.

On the instructions of Darshan, Raghavendra had kidnapped Renukaswami from Chitradurga and brought him to Bengaluru. Fire forces and emergency services personnel have launched an operation to recover mobile phones from the gutter.

Darshan's wife Vijayalakshmi has handed over to the police his shoes, which he was wearing on the day of the crime. The 15th and 17th accused Karthik alias Kappe (27) and Nikhil Nayak (21) have been sent to judicial custody.