‘Pushpa’ actor Jagdish Pratap Bandari arrested in junior artist’s suicide case

Actor Jagdish Pratap Bandari, who played role of Keshav in blockbuster ‘Pushpa’ was on Wednesday arrested by Hyderabad Police in connection with the suicide of a female junior artist.

The actor had allegedly taken pictures of the junior artist with a man and threatened to post the same on social media. He was also allegedly



trying to blackmail the junior artist. She died by hanging at her residence in Hyderabad on November 29.

A case was registered at Panjagutta Police Station on a complaint by the woman’s father and after investigating the case, the police arrested Jagdish Bhandari and produced him in a court, which sent him to judicial custody.