An FIR registered against him for blackmailing In September 2024, Varun Aradya’s former girlfriend Varsha Kaveri lodged a complaint against Varun for blackmailing her. She filed a complaint at the Basaveshwarnagar Police Station in Bengaluru in which she claimed that Varun blackmailed her to stay in a relationship with him after Varsha found him cheating with another woman. She also said that Varun recorded videos of their intimate movements together and was using them against her.