Bhaskar Shetty murder case: Court awards life sentence to businessman’s wife, friend and son

The homicide passed off simply two-and-a-half months after Shetty returned to India from the Center East to reside together with his spouse and son.

The perpetrators of the notorious 2016 Bhaskar Reddy homicide case in Karnataka’s Udupi have been delivered to justice after the courtroom sentenced the businessman’s spouse, his son and his spouse’s buddy to life imprisonment. The courtroom convicted her buddy who can also be a priest-astrologer for aiding the 2 within the sensational homicide in July 2016.

Shetty, 50, was the proprietor of Durga Worldwide Lodge in Udupi. He additionally owned a number of properties within the area and 7 supermarkets in Saudi Arabia. He was murdered at his residence and the police had booked his spouse Rajeshwari Shetty, now 54, son Navaneeth Shetty, now 26, and Rajeshwari’s buddy and priest-astrologer Niranjan Bhat, now 30, in reference to the case.

Udupi Principal District and Classes Decide J N Subramanya ordered life imprisonment to the three in addition to 4 years’ rigorous imprisonment for destroying proof.

The homicide passed off simply two-and-a-half months after Shetty returned to India from the Center East to reside together with his spouse and son. After he went lacking on July 28, 2016, his mom filed a police criticism on July 29. He was final seen leaving his lodge Durga Worldwide. The police recovered his footwear from his home and later a CID probe was instituted. It discovered that the hotelier was murdered for his wealth and the physique was burnt at Niranjan Bhat’s residence. It was additionally mentioned that Rajeshwari had an affair with Bhat.

The courtroom acquitted Bhat’s driver who helped get rid of the stays after the physique had been burnt as a result of he didn’t know what the stays have been. Bhaskar Shetty’s DNA later matched with some bones recovered from a river the place the stays have been disposed of.

In keeping with studies, some witnesses informed police that Navaneeth had hit his father on the lodge following a dispute over properties on July 9. Shetty had reportedly mentioned that he would bequeath his total property to an orphanage however gained’t give it to his spouse and son.