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Actress Varshini Venkat Arrested for Stock Trader Extortion

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  • Television actress Varshini Venkat was arrested in Guindy, Chennai for assaulting and extorting a stock trader.
  • After the August 22 assault, Tarun gave INR50,000, then INR3 lakh to Venkat and INR2 lakh to Sanjay.
  • Police verified the INR5.5 lakh total was deposited into Venkat’s account.
  • Authorities seized her iPhone and remanded Venkat to judicial custody while searching for her accomplices.