Sharath Shetty murder case: Accused Yogish Acharya surrenders
Kaup: Yogish Acharya (36) of Katpadi, who is the primary accused in the murder of realtor Sharath Shetty (39) from Pangala, has surrendered before the Udupi court. The accused has been absconding for the last one year, the Kaup Police have taken him into police custody and are further investigating the matter.
Sharath Shetty and Yogish Acharya were friends and business partners in real estate. The incident goes back to December 2022, when Sharath Shetty reportedly abandoned Yogish Acharya during an attack related to a land dispute in Pangala. This incident created an animosity between the two.
Seeking revenge, Yogish Acharya, with the help of underworld gangster Kali Yogeesh and accomplices, murdered Sharath Shetty on February 5, 2023, in Pangala Temple on NH 66. The Kaup Police registered a case and arrested six individuals in connection with the murder.
Yogish Acharya had been absconding since the crime but surrendered to the Udupi court on May 23. Kapu Circle Inspector Jayashree S. Mane, the investigating officer, obtained a body warrant and took Acharya into custody for five days for further questioning.
During the investigation, the police seized documents and a mobile phone from Acharya. With his initial custody period ending, Acharya is set to be produced before the court on May 30. Police sources indicate that there is a possibility of extending his custody for further investigation. All accused, except gangster Kali Yogeesh, have been arrested in this case.
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3 officials of private banks arrested in Gujarat in Rs 2,500 crore cyber fraud; 20 held so far
Rajkot (PTI): Three officials of leading private banks were arrested for their alleged involvement in a Rs 2,500-crore cyber fraud racket in Gujarat's Rajkot district, bringing the number of those held so far in the case to 20, police said on Monday.
Those arrested were identified as Maulik Kamani, a personal manager at Yes Bank in Padadhari; Kalpesh Dangariya, a manager at Axis Bank in Jamnagar; and Anurag Baldha, a personal banker with HDFC Bank, Rajkot (Rural) Superintendent of Police Vijay Gurjar said.
Dangariya and Baldha were previously employed with Yes Bank, he added.
Kamani allegedly assisted the earlier arrested accused in opening and managing suspicious accounts. He also helped bypass banking alerts triggered by high-value transactions by submitting additional documentation to keep accounts active, the SP said.
Kamani was allegedly involved in cash withdrawals that were later routed through hawala channels (illegal money transfer system), supported by digital evidence recovered from his mobile device, he added.
Dangariya is accused of facilitating the opening of fraudulent accounts using fake or misrepresented identities, police said.
He also assisted in structuring documentation, including Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC)-related papers, to prevent transactions from being flagged as suspicious, they said.
On the other hand, Baldha opened new accounts after verification and certification processes as part of the racket, Gurjar informed.
All the three accused are in police custody, while others are in jail under judicial remand, SP said.
So far, police have identified 85 bank accounts linked to the racket with 535 complaints filed on the cyber crime portal.
The total transaction linked to the cyber fraud exceeds Rs 2,500 crore, police said.
The earlier fraud amount was pegged by police at Rs 1,500 crore.
