Bhaskar Shetty murder case: Witnesses get threat calls
Udupi, August 17: The witnesses in the businessman Bhaskar Shetty murder case have received threatening calls. A complaint against this was registered at the town police station.
Two witnesses Arun Kumar (43) and Sathish Poojary of Nandalike in Karkala taluk had gone to Pancharatna hotel for lunch after finishing their statements in the hearing of the Bhaskar Shetty murder case at the principal district and sessions court on August 16. At this time, a stranger who called Arun Kumar spoke in Hindi language and threatened of killing his mother Leelavathi within ten minutes for giving statements against the accused in the court. This phone call was recorded by Sathish Poojary. Later, the stranger called Sathish Poojary also. But Sathish did not receive the call, stated in the complaint lodged by Arun Kumar.
Both of them are the neighbours of the main accused in the case Nandalike Niranjan Bhat. Arun Kumar has given a statement that he has seen burning of the body of Bhaskar Shetty at the house of Niranjan Bhat and Sathish Poojary said that Niranjan Bhat had asked pistol in him. Following the threatening calls, police have been verifying on providing security to the houses of Arun Kumar and Sathish Poojary. The accused Rajeshwari Shetty, Navaneeth Shetty and Niranjan Bhat are in Bengaluru Parappana Agrahara jail.
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Jharkhand: 3 arrested for 'raping' 2 women in Gumla
Gumla (PTI): Three persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly raping two women at a village in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police said.
All the three accused have been remanded to judicial custody, Gumla Sadar Police Station officer-in-charge, Mahendra Karmali, told PTI.
According to police, one of the women had been called to Gumla Sadar by her boyfriend on Sunday for an outing.
“She arrived at the spot accompanied by a female. The woman’s boyfriend then called a friend, and they took the two women to a secluded place in Sisai police station area in the evening, forcibly made them consume alcohol before raping them,” the officer said.
The accused later called another man to the spot, who also allegedly raped the women, he said.
“The women later reached the Sadar Police Station and lodged a complaint on Sunday night. Police conducted raids and nabbed the three accused on Monday,” he added.
Further investigation is underway.
