The Hyderabad police registered a cheating and harassment case against famous Tollywood comedian Balireddy Prudhviraj popularly known as Prudhvi, on Sunday. The complaint was from his alleged wife, Kavitha. She later submitted a petition to withdraw the case.
In her complaint, K Kavitha claimed that she first met Prithviraj in 2010 when she was trying to land a job as a junior artist in Tollywood. She then worked at Prudhvi’s office and married him later that year in a temple ceremony after he allegedly ‘lured her with luxuries’. Since then, the woman and her two children from a previous marriage were under his care, and they lived in a rented flat in Banjara Hills. The woman then claimed that she discovered Prudhvi’s affair with another woman.
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“When I questioned him about the illegal affair, he said that he would do as he pleased. He also took away Rs. 2 lakh cash and gold ornaments and threatened to kill me and my kids if I complained to anyone,” Deccan Chronicle quoted from her complaint.
Police had registered a case against Prudhvi under Sections 420 for cheating and 498A for harassment. However, Kavitha later submitted a petition with the police to withdraw the case.
Prudhvi has been acting in Telugu films since 1990 but has gained popularity in the last 5 years with films like Dookudu, Gabbar Singh, Attarintiki Daaredi and the more recent Babu Bangaram.
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