Kundapura, Jan 11: Senior journalist Dinesh Amin Mattu demanded the concerned authorities to disclose the real cause of senior IPS office Madhukar Shetty’s death which triggered suspicion.

Speaking at a prayer as a mark of respect to Dr K. Madhukar Shetty here on Friday, Mattu said that having more knowledge about medical science, Shetty has concerns towards his health also. There were rumours that he died due to cardiac arrest and H1N1 virus. But the real cause of his death was unknown.

Madhukar Shetty was an ideal personality than his father. It was his independent personality groomed under his father Vaddarse Raghuram Shetty. He was far away from appeasement tactics to influence his senior officers and even he was not dictating his subordinates. It was unfortunate that those who were instrumental in his transfer, were speaking about him, he said.

Retired DGP Ajay Kumar Singh said that Madhukar Shetty who was known for his honest and courage was a shining star in the police system in the country.

IGP (west) Arun Chakravarthy, Retired head constable Dayanand, Senior journalist Puttaswamy, Scientist Muthuraman, NRI Jijil Ramakrishna, Bengaluru National College professor Moulesh, Sri Rama Sene president Pramod Mutalik, leader Subba Rao, Senior IPS officer Deepika Suri, ADGP Ravindranath, Shetty’s classmates Tharakeshwar and Ivano Lobo, ASP Nandini spoke on the occasion.

Suvarna Madhukar Shetty, Daughter Samya Madhukar Shetty, Brothers Muralidhar Shetty and Sudhakar Shetty, MLA Haladi Srinivas Shetty, Udupi SP Laxman Nimbargi, ASP Kumar Chandra and others were present.

Constable cries

Bengaluru constable Dasharath who spoke on the occasion, literally cried recalling his experience with Madhukar Shetty. He said that Madhukar Shetty had emulated the ideologies of Gandhi, Buddha, Subhash Chandra Bose. He was not discriminating with anybody. He used to have food sitting with the constables. He has seen the love and affection of a mother in Madhukar Shetty, he said.

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New Delhi (PTI): Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 12 noon on Thursday amid protests by Opposition members over the Adani issue, violence in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal and other issues.

As soon as the House met for the day, Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was elected from Kerala's Wayanad in the recent bypoll, and Ravindra Vasantrao Chavan, who was elected from Maharashtra's Nanded, took oath as Lok Sabha MPs.

Immediately after the oath taking of the two new members, many Opposition members, including from the Congress, were on their feet as they sought to raise issues related to the allegations against the Adani Group and other issues.

Some members from the Congress and Samajwadi Party were in the Well while other Opposition members stood in the aisle and shouted slogans.

Speaker Om Birla asked the Opposition members to allow the Question Hour and said they can take up their issues later.

"I have been giving you enough opportunities to raise your issues and will continue to do so in future. But your way of systematic blockade of the proceedings is not acceptable. The issue which you want to raise has nothing to do with the country," he told the protesting members.

Birla said people have chosen the MPs as their representatives to raise the genuine issue of the people but they were resorting to disrupt the proceedings of the House which is not good.

He said there were difference of opinions in the Constituent Assembly too but those were raised in dignified manners.

Amid the din, one question was taken up.

As the protests continued, the Speaker adjourned the House will 12 noon.

The Opposition members wanted to discuss the Adani controversy and the recent violence in Sambhal.

The Adani Group said on Wednesday that Gautam Adani, and his nephew Sagar have not been charged with any violation of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in the indictment that authorities filed in the New York court in an alleged bribery case.