Hebbal police filed a charge-sheet in connection with the murder case of Kannada actress Hema Sri on Tuesday.
Police said the 300-page charge-sheet has named Hema Sri’s husband Surendra Babu, a JD(S) leader and realtor, as the only accused. However, his car driver Satish is also booked for not informing the police about the crime.
Hema Sri was murdered on October 9, 2012.
As the police have to file the charge-sheet in any murder case within 90 days, the Hebbal police, who investigated the case, submitted a copy of the charge-sheet to Chief Judicial Magistrate’s (CJM) Court here.
“It is mentioned in the charge-sheet that the actress was murdered by administering overdose of chloroform by her husband. A copy of the final report of the post-mortem is also attached with the charge-sheet,” a senior police officer said.
Surendra Babu has been booked under Sections 302 (murder), 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence or giving false information to screen offender), while Satish is booked under Section 118 (concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life) of the Indian Penal Code, the police said.
The charge-sheet also includes statements of 72 witnesses in the case. Babu, who was arrested in the case, is in judicial custody.