Udupi: Bhaskar Shetty murder accused granted bail to conduct father's funeral rites
Udupi: The Udupi sessions court has given 15 days' conditional bail to Nandalike Niranjan Bhat, 30, the accused in the murder of businessman Bhaskar Shetty. Bhat had been in prison for four years, unable to get bail.
His father Srinivas Bhat, who had been accused of destroying evidence of the case, died of ill-health on June 22. Since Niranjan Bhat is the only son of Srinivas Bhat, he had requested for conditional bail to conduct the last rites of his father.
Justice C M Joshi, Udupi district and sessions judge, has granted Bhat bail. While the District Magistrate's court granted bail on June 24. The court has ordered that Bhat submit a bond of Rs 5 lakh for the conditional bail, appear in court, and submit himself to judicial custody on July 7.
Bhat, who is currently in the Parappana Agrahara Jail, Bengaluru, is likely to be released on conditional bail on June 25, said sources.
Bhat has been accused of murdering Bhaskar Shetty along with his wife and son at his house in Indrali on July 28, 2016, before burning the bodies. The police arrested him on August 8, 2016. Bhat had tried to kill himself by swallowing his diamond ring and earrings.
Srinivas Bhat and Raghavendra had been arrested on August 11, 2016, for the destruction of evidence of the case. The Udupi District and Sessions Court had granted them bail on October 1, 2016.
Srinivas Bhat, who had been suffering from ill-health for some years, failed to present himself for the hearings. The court had rejected Niranjan Bhat's plea for a month's bail to take care of his father on August 9, 2019, but has granted him conditional bail after four years.
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Bengaluru: First-time Congress MLAs with merit can be made ministers, says Moily
Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister Marpadi Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said that first-time Congress legislators could be considered for ministerial berths during the proposed Cabinet reshuffle if they have the requisite merit.
Moily responded to reports of over 30 first-time Congress MLAs seeking Cabinet positions by stressing the need for a Cabinet with a balance of merit among first-time, young, and senior leaders.
“We entered politics when the Chief Minister Devaraj Urs recognised us in 1972. If legislators have merit and dedication, they can be included in the Cabinet,” Deccan Herald quoted him as saying.
He said that there is nothing wrong with new MLAs aspiring for ministerial posts and that no one has the moral authority to question such aspirations. He recalled that he, too, was a newcomer in his early political days and said those with eligibility should be given ministerial posts.
“If the MLAs have merit, the Chief Minister will recognise them. In our time, we did not lobby for ministerial berths. We were recognised by the Chief Minister,” he said.
Addressing demands for a change in Chief Minister and current talk of a Cabinet reshuffle, Moily said that legislators voicing aspirations should not be seen as engaging in groupism.
He also said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is scheduled to visit Karkala in Udupi district on Wednesday.
