<p>Bengaluru: The Bengaluru police have set up an internal Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the murder of a Chitradurga man whose body was found beside a stormwater drain in west Bengaluru’s Sumanahalli. </p><p>Renukaswamy, 34, a resident of Chitradurga, was found dead near a stormwater drain in Kamakshipalya police station limits on June 9. </p><p>The police have arrested 17 people in connection with the case, including Kannada film star Darshan Thoogudeepa and his close friend Pavitra Gowda. </p>.Caretaker of Darshan’s farmhouse found dead, police say suicide.<p>Bengaluru City Police Commissioner B Dayananda, said that the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), west division, S Girish, is supervising the investigations, and Vijayanagar Assistant Commissioner of Police, Chandan, has been named as the chief investigating officer. The SIT consists of inspectors, sub-inspectors, and constables. </p><p>He said this while addressing a press conference at the commissioner’s office on Infantry Road in Bengaluru on Tuesday.</p><p>Dayananda stressed that since the case is a very sensitive one and has many angles to it, a team has been set up to conduct a thorough probe.</p><p>The top cop applauded the unbiased approach of his officers while investigating the case. “Our investigators have acted swiftly by launching a thorough probe. They have worked in an unbiased way,” Dayananda said, adding that even the slightest of negligence from the investigators would have made the case problematic.</p><p><strong>In lighter vein </strong></p><p>Answering a question regarding pressure on the department in this high-profile case, Dayananda said, “The only pressure we have is blood pressure, which is 140/90.” </p>
<p>Bengaluru: The Bengaluru police have set up an internal Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the murder of a Chitradurga man whose body was found beside a stormwater drain in west Bengaluru’s Sumanahalli. </p><p>Renukaswamy, 34, a resident of Chitradurga, was found dead near a stormwater drain in Kamakshipalya police station limits on June 9. </p><p>The police have arrested 17 people in connection with the case, including Kannada film star Darshan Thoogudeepa and his close friend Pavitra Gowda. </p>.Caretaker of Darshan’s farmhouse found dead, police say suicide.<p>Bengaluru City Police Commissioner B Dayananda, said that the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), west division, S Girish, is supervising the investigations, and Vijayanagar Assistant Commissioner of Police, Chandan, has been named as the chief investigating officer. The SIT consists of inspectors, sub-inspectors, and constables. </p><p>He said this while addressing a press conference at the commissioner’s office on Infantry Road in Bengaluru on Tuesday.</p><p>Dayananda stressed that since the case is a very sensitive one and has many angles to it, a team has been set up to conduct a thorough probe.</p><p>The top cop applauded the unbiased approach of his officers while investigating the case. “Our investigators have acted swiftly by launching a thorough probe. They have worked in an unbiased way,” Dayananda said, adding that even the slightest of negligence from the investigators would have made the case problematic.</p><p><strong>In lighter vein </strong></p><p>Answering a question regarding pressure on the department in this high-profile case, Dayananda said, “The only pressure we have is blood pressure, which is 140/90.” </p>