HYDERABAD: The Jubilee Hills police on Sunday included the name of Tollywood producer of ‘Pushpa’ Naveen Yerneni, in the FIR in the alleged kidnap and extortion case registered against former OSD to Task Force, P Radha Kishan Rao.
According to police, Naveen was involved in the forcible transfer of shares of Kria Healthcare from its founder Chennupati Venu Madhav to four part-time directors of the firm. He also allegedly threatened Venu Madhav to resign as director.
Based on the complaint given by Venu Madhav, the police registered kidnap and extortion cases against Radha Kishan Rao, inspector Gattu Mallu and sub-inspector Mallikarjun, who were part of the Task Force previously. Cases were also registered against four part-time directors of Kria. After the probe into the complaint, police on Sunday included Naveen’s name in the FIR for helping hostile takeover of the firm. Sources told TNIE that Naveen Yerneni had previously served as one of the part-time directors of the company.
Sources said that the police formed special teams for further probe into the case.
Naveen Yerneni establish Mythri Movie Makers in 2015 along with two others. After producing blockbuster ‘Srimanthudu’, Naveen never looked back.
His production house produced other hit movies like ‘Janatha Garage’ in 2016, ‘Rnagasthalam’, ‘Savyasachi’ and ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ in 2018. Naveen’s production house produced ‘Pushpa: The Rise’ in 2020 and the film became a super hit across the country.
It may be recalled that the Mythri Movie Makers was under the scanner of the Income Tax department in April 2023.