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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Varanasi: Comedian Shyam Rangeela has finally filed his nomination papers as an independent candidate from the Varanasi parliamentary constituency on Tuesday, May 14, the last day of filing papers.

Rangeela, who intended to contest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi had alleged on Monday that he was being denied a nomination from the seat, as he along with several other candidates were reportedly made to wait for filling papers on May 10th and May 13th.

Shyam Rangeela, taking to his official ‘X’ handle, wrote, "With your love and support, I have completed all the requirements as per the rules and submitted the nomination. I also have full faith in the democracy of this country. Now the next two-three days are crucial. Thank you all very much for your cooperation. My electoral future rests in the hands of all election officials who are the custodians of our democracy. With the hope that they all strengthen our faith, Yours Shyam Rangeela.”

Alongside, Shyam, BJP candidate Narendra Modi, Log Party's Vinay Kumar Tripathi, BJP's Surendra Narayan Singh, independent candidates Dinesh Kumar Yadav, Reena Rai, Neha Jaiswal, Ajit Kumar Jaiswal, Ashok Kumar Pandey, Sandeep Tripathi filed their nomination papers on Tuesday.

According to the Election Commision of India, a total of 41 candidates have filed nomination papers from the Varanasi constituency.