CEO checked Yamunas face and booked her

Bangalore: Rs 2.5 lakh found with client suggests it could have been the fee for the actress Yamuna arrested on charges of prostitution. As an actress, however, her price is said to be Rs 25,000 a day. The actress Yamuna arrested on charges of prostitution, could have been charging 10 times for a night what she normally charged for a film shoot. Police have not officially confirmed the name of the actress. But after it was revealed that the her name started with 'Y', it was suspected that the actress could be Yamuna.

Police sources said they had been keeping watch for the last three months and on a tip-off, found the actress with the chief executive officer (CEO) of a software company in a city five-star hotel room. The 'client' allegedly had Rs 2.5 lakh on him, leading to conjecture that this could have been the payment meant for the actress. Sources said the client 'booked' the actress after checking her profile on Facebook. It is not known whether the profile was created by the 'agent', who was also arrested, or by the actress herself.

There are also rumours that the CEO was unhappy after meeting her in person since she looked much older than she did in photographs. It is not even confirmed that she was 'arrested' and produced before a magistrate. But a woman was taken to the judicial quarters on Thursday evening. Videos show a woman whose face was fully covered with her saree. Co-stars are not ready to believe that the actress caught in the hotel room was Yamuna.

Tushar Ranganath, who directed Kanteerava, said, 'I am shocked. People called to ask if it was Yamuna and I said it could not be. I was not in touch with the actress as it was the production people who got her to do the role. None of us can believe that she was taken by the police. She was a very professional actress and was great to work with on the sets. Even her husband would come to the sets while shooting and both were dignified people.'

Yamuna last worked in Kannada film Kanteerava four months ago for 10 days for a remuneration of Rs 2.5 lakh. She is said to charge Rs 10,000 a day for Telugu serials. Though Yamuna is originally from Bangalore, she is more famous in Andhra Pradesh. She has acted opposite Shiva Rajkumar and Ravichandran in Kannada films Modada Mareyalli and Chinna more than a decade ago. But it was in Tollywood that she made it big. In the last few years, however, she has been confined to character roles and television.