Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (SP)

Udupi, Jun 10: The homicide of entrepreneur, Bhaskar Shetty, had become a sensational information because the accused had been recognized as his personal spouse, son, and a younger astrologer. The chief district and periods court docket right here has concluded that the accused are responsible of the fees levelled towards them, and awarded them sentence for all times.

Bhaskar Shetty was murdered at his residence at Indrali at about 3 pm on July 28, 2016. The investigation revealed that the physique was burnt down in a platform made for sacrificial hearth on the residence of astrologer Niranjan Bhat in Nandalike village. The stays had been reportedly thrown at a number of spots in rivers and rivulets. On July 31, Bhaskar Shetty’s mom, Gulabi Shetty, who did not get response to repeated calls made to her son, filed a lacking criticism in Manipal police station. The police quickly discovered that Shetty had been murdered.

(Clockwise from high): Bhaskar Shetty, Niranjan Bhat, Navneet Shetty and Rajeshwari Shetty

The investigation took a brand new flip after bones had been recovered from a rivulet close to Nandalike. The bones matched the DNA of the sufferer’s mom. This helped the police to place collectively unfastened ends.

Rajeshwari Shetty, who was arrested, had succeeded in getting bail after someday. Her son, Navneet Shetty, and astrologer, Niranjan Bhat, are lodged in a jail in Bengaluru. Niranjan Bhat’s father, Srinivas Bhat, who was accused of destruction of proof, died because of sick well being when the case was pending.

The judgement solely relied on circumstantial proof as there have been no eyewitnesses. Special public prosecutor, Shantaram Shetty, mentioned that the case was solved after the bones which had been discovered from a rivulet at Nandalike as per the confession of the accused, matched with the DNA samples of the sufferer’s mom and brother.

The incontrovertible fact that neither Rajeshwari nor Navneet had filed lacking criticism with the police gave rise to suspicion about their position. Out of 167 listed witnesses, 78 had been examined. 270 displays and 130 MOSes had been filed on this case.