Businessman Bhaskar Shetty murder: Accused attend court
Udupi: The hearing of the witnesses in the murder of businessman Bhaskar Shetty was began at the principal district and sessions court here on Monday with tight police security. All the three accused including Rajeshwari Shetty who were in Parappana Agrahara Jail in Bengaluru, were produced before the court during the hearing.
After day-long interrogation on July 6, the hearing was postponed to Monday. The hearing of then investigating officer and present Karwar ACB DySP SV Girish continued even today. Special public prosecutor Shantaram Shetty got the statements from Girish.
As the major hearing of Girish was completed monday, judge Venkatesh T Nayak allowed the cross examination of Girish on July 17. Advocates of the accused, Narayana Poojary, Arun Bangera and Vikram Hegde would continue their cross examination tomorrow. Sources said that in the beginning, Girish would be cross examined and if time permits, Bhaskar Shetty’s mother Gulabi Shedti would also be cross examined.
Accused produced before court
In the previous hearing the Judge ordered the police to produce the accused from the Parappana Agrahara jail before the court in the next hearing following a request from the advocates of the accused, all the three accused- Rajeshwari Shetty, Navaneeth Shetty and Niranjan Bhat were brought from Bengaluru Parappahana Agrahara jail on July 15 with tight police security and kept them at the Mangaluru jail. On Monday, they were brought to Udupi from Mangaluru jail and produced them before the court during hearing. At this time, accused in destroying witnesses Srinivas Bhat and Raghavendra were also present.
After the hearing, the accused were taken to the Mangalur jail. Till July 19, the accused would be taken from Mangaluru jail to Udupi court.
Journalists restricted
As the accused were producing before the court, the court complex was give police security and police restricted the journalists from entering the court hall. Metal detector was installed in the main entrance of the office of the principal district and sessions court judge in the first floor of the complex. Except the advocates, no others were allowed inside the court hall. Armed police were deputed outside and inside the court hall. Udupi ASP Kumarachandra, DySP Kumaraswamy and other police officers were present.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
