Lawyer arrested for threatening witness in Grover murder case

In an important development in TV executive Neeraj Grover murder case, police on Thursday arrested defence lawyer Acharya Murthy on charges of threatening a witness, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria said.

In an important development in TV executive Neeraj Grover murder case, police on Thursday arrested defence lawyer Acharya Murthy on charges of threatening a witness, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria said.

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Murthy was earlier defending prime accused and Kannada actress Maria Susairaj in the murder case.

Police had last month arrested two persons, Raju Wankhede (37), a small time real estate agent, and Munshi Yadav (38) on similar charges of threatening panch witness Usha Ramalu, asking her not to depose against Susairaj.

Investigation indicated that the two accused acted at the behest of Susairaj's lawyers Acharya Murthy and Raja Thakur.

Following the allegations, the lawyers withdrew from the case and refuted their role in warning the witness.

The probe revealed that the two arrested accused were in touch with lawyers Murthy and Thakur. The mobile records show that the two lawyers had spoken to the accused on several occasions during the period when they threatened the witness.