Mangaluru: Vice President of Karnataka Bar Council, Senior Lawyer Seetharam Shetty no more
Mangaluru: Karnataka Bar Council Vice President and one of the most senior advocates of Mangaluru, M Seetharam Shetty passed away on Thursday due to breathing problem here in Mangaluru. He was 82.
Seetharam began his career as an junior lawyer of Kallige Mahabala Bhandary in Kasargod before moving back to Mangaluru to begin his own practice.
He has served as the special prosecutor of Karnataka Government in several cases. He was also a former president of Mangaluru Lawyers’ Association.
Seetharam was also the legal advisor of U T Farid, former MLA of Ullal and father of Ullal MLA U T Khader, he also served in this position to senior Congress leader Janardhan Poojary. Moreover, U T Khader himself began his legal profession as a junior lawyer under Seetharam.
Seetharam was admitted in a private hospital in the city due to breathing problem and blood pressure issues on June 7. He passed away at the hospital on Thursday afternoon.
He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.
U T Khader and other senior leaders of Congress including Ramanath Rai, Janardhan Poojary condoled the death of Seetharam.
He will be cremated at Nandi Gudda on June 14, Friday afternoon between 1.pm-3.pm
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South African police arrest suspect in mass shooting that killed 12, including 3 children
Johannesburg (AP): A 32-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with a mass shooting which claimed the lives of 12 people including three children at an unlicensed pub earlier this month, South African police said on Monday.
The man is suspected of being one of the three people who opened fire on patrons in a pub at Saulsville township, west of South Africa's capital Pretoria, killing 12 people including three children aged 3, 12 and 16.
At least 13 people were also injured during the attack, whose motive remains unknown.
According to the police, the suspect was arrested on Sunday while traveling to Botlokwa in Limpopo province, more than 340 km from where the mass shooting took place on Dec 6.
An unlicensed firearm believed to have been used during the attack was recovered from the suspect's vehicle.
“The 32-year-old suspect was intercepted by Limpopo Tracking Team on the R101 Road in Westenburg precinct. During the arrest, the team recovered an unlicensed firearm, a hand gun, believed to have been used in the commission of the multiple murders. The firearm will be taken to the Forensic Science Laboratory for ballistic analysis,” police said in statement.
The suspect was arrested on the same day that another mass shooting at a pub took place in the Bekkersdal township, west of Johannesburg, in which nine people were killed and 10 wounded when unknown gunmen opened fire on patrons.
Police have since launched a search for the suspects.
South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world and recorded more than 26,000 homicides in 2024 — an average of more than 70 a day. Firearms are by far the leading cause of death in homicides.
The country of 62 million people has relatively strict gun ownership laws, but many killings are committed with illegal guns, according to authorities.
According to police, mass shootings at unlicensed bars are becoming a serious problem. Police shut down more than 11,000 illegal taverns between April and September this year and arrested more than 18,000 people for involvement in illegal liquor sales.
