Mangalore: Chetan Shetty Murder Case: Five Acquitted, One Accused Still Missing
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (PS)
Mangalore, Nov 1: Five of the six accused in the 2009 murder case of Chetan Shetty of Poornesh Stores at Kudpady, Jeppu here have been acquitted.
The verdict was passed by judge R M Shettar of the Dakshina Kannada first sessions court.
The acquitted are Mustafa, Hameed Sarfaan, Mohammed Azharuddin, Althaf and Mohammed Ashraf, all in their twenties and early thirties.
The other accused has been absconding ever since the murder took place in 2009, and even now police have been unable to trace him.
It may be recalled that Chetan Shetty was brutally assaulted with lethal weapons by a group of miscreants on May 28 night near Marnamikatte Junction.
The grievously wounded Chethan succumbed to injuries at KMC hospital on May 29 at 4 am. Mangalore South police station had registered a case in this regard.
The police arrested the accused a month or so later, and three of them were given bail.
The judge gave a clean to the five in all charges levelled against them. The other accused, Mohammed Farooq will still face the charges. He is said to have been taking refuge abroad.
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