Udupi Bhaskar Shetty murder case: Three including wife, son sentenced to life imprisonment
Udupi: Udupi District Court on Tuesday senteced three accused to life imprisonment in the landmark Bhaskar Shetty murder case of 2016. The accused include Bhaskar Shetty's wife Rajeshwari Shetty, son Navneet Shetty and astrologer Niranjan Bhat.
The verdict was pronounced by District Court Judge Subramanya JS. Raghuvendra, who was accused of destroying evidences in the case, has been acquitted by the Court.
On behalf of the prosecution, Special Government Prosecutor Shantaram Shetty presented arguments.
Prime accused of the case, Rajeshwari Shetty was currently out on bail while Navneet and Niranjan are lodged in Bengaluru jail. Another accused of destroying evidences, Niranjan Bhat's father Srinivas Bhat died due to health issues during the investigation, he had secured bail in the case.
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Dalit woman, daughter assaulted, dragged on road in MP's Morena over trivial incident; 2 held
Morena, Jan 3: A Dalit woman and her daughter were brutally assaulted on Friday allegedly by two men and then dragged on the road in Morena in Madhya Pradesh following a minor incident involving a dog, a police official said.
A video of the incident, which took place in full public view in Ambah area, went viral on social media.
"Anita Mahor has sustained serious injuries after being hit by sticks and then dragged on the road. Her daughter Bharti is also injured. We have arrested Rajesh Tomar and Kumher Singh Tomar for assaulting them," Ambah police station in charge Satendra Singh Kushwaha said.
"Anita Mahor's son Deepak has told us that his younger brother Santosh was going to throw waste this morning when he was startled by the presence of a dog. He threw the waste, which also included dung, on the dog in fright and fled. This infuriated the two accused," he said.
The two accused and others stormed into Mahor's house armed with a chopper and sticks and attacked her and her kin, police said.
