The
Bengaluru
City
Police
on
Monday
(November
1)
arrested
a
youth
for
uploading
derogatory
posts
against
Sandalwood's
Power
Star
Puneeth
Rajkumar,
who
recently
died
of
a
heart
attack.
According
to
reports,
the
accused
had
uploaded
a
series
of
posts
on
Instagram
that
were
offensive.
Reportedly,
in
the
pictures
shared
along
with
the
displeasing
text,
the
person
and
his
friends
were
seen
holding
a
beer
bottle.
Soon
after
the
posts
went
viral
on
social
media,
several
furious
netizens
alerted
the
police
by
tagging
them
on
their
respective
tweets
and
posts.
The
City
police
soon
forwarded
the
complaint
to
the
cyber
wing
after
which
the
youth
was
arrested.
Further,
City
Police
Commissioner
Kamal
Pant
also
confirmed
through
his
Twitter
handle
that
the
accused
had
been
arrested.
He
had
tweeted
on
Monday,
"The
accused
has
been
arrested
and
further
legal
action
is
being
taken."
Puneeth
Rajkumar
breathed
his
last
on
October
29,
2021.
He
was
rushed
to
a
nearby
private
hospital
after
complaining
of
chest
pain.
The
official
statement
issued
by
the
hospital
authorities
mentioned
that
the
actor
was
brought
in
an
unconscious
state
and
his
heart
had
stopped
functioning.
"Mr
Puneeth
Rajkumar,
aged
46
years
was
brought
to
Vikram
Hospital
on
29/10/21
with
a
diagnosis
of
heart
attack
with
ECG
done
by
a
family
doctor.
At
the
time
of
arrival
to
the
emergency,
the
patient
was
non-responsive
and
was
in
cardiac
asystole.
Hence,
immediate
advanced
cardiac
life
support
measures
were
initiated
for
resuscitation.
Inspite
of
prolonged
advanced
and
aggressive
measures,
the
patient
continued
to
be
non-responsive
and
asystolic.
The
panel
of
medical
experts
extended
all
efforts
to
save
him.
He
was
declared
dead
at
2.30
pm
on
29.10.2021",
read
the
statement.
Puneeth
was
best
known
for
films
like
Bettada
Hoovu
(1985),
Milana
(2006),
Arasu
(2007),
Hudugaru
(2011),
Paramathma
(2011),
Power
(2014),
Raajakumaara
(2017)
and
Jackie
(2010).
The
iconic
actor
is
survived
by
his
wife
Ashwini
Revanth
and
daughters
Drithi
and
Vandhitha.
He
was
cremated
with
state
honours
on
Sunday
(October
31)