Anitha Kumaraswamy, Ramanagaram MLA and wife of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, filed a complaint with the Cubbon Park police against an online Kannada movie channel and its owner for leaking the newly released movie of her son in the public domain.
Anitha is also the owner of Chennambike Film production, which produced 'Seetharama Kalyana'. Nikhil Kumaraswamy, her son, has played the lead role and it was released on January 25 worldwide.
In the complaint, she stated that some mischief mongers had recorded the movie on the mobile phone or with a camera in the theatre and uploaded it on the Facebook and Youtube and also on online channel for public display. Due to this, her company had incurred a huge loss. She sought the police to arrest the accused and fill the loss of the company due to their actions.
The police suspect that Shashidhar T S, owner of Kannada New Movies, has uploaded the movie online, and booked him under the Copyright and IT Acts. G Manohar, HR manager of Kasturi Media, owned by Kumaraswamy family, had filed a complaint against a few of staff who had leaked the news clips.