Bengaluru: Police recently booked the daughter-in-law of late Kannada actor and producer Dwarakish on charges of beating a 64-year-old man with a broom after he wanted his investment back in a chit fund run by her mother. Varsha Rai is the wife of Samarth Dwarakish, police said.Following the man’s complaint, some more persons approached police, accusing her of cheating them in a similar manner. Three FIRs were registered against Varsha and her mother, Ratna Basavaraju, accusing them of duping victims of around Rs 15 lakh. “The complainants said they befriended Varsha and Ratna at the latter’s grocery shop in BHEL Layout, Rajarajeshwarinagar. Promised good returns, they invested in the chit fund. But the mother-daughter duo failed to repay them. Varshan allegedly beat up one of the victims, Venkatamaramana Reddy, when he went near their shop asking for his money,” an investigating officer said.
