Daijiworld Media Network-Udupi (UM)
Udupi, Oct 2: A new twist has taken place in sensational Bhaskar Shetty murder case with the revelation in the chargesheet that the bone pieces found earlier in Pali River indeed belong to Bhaskar Shetty as per the DNA report.
The 1300 pages chargesheet with 4 volumes was filed on Wednesday, November 2 at JMFC court here.
Criminal Investigations Department (CID) superintendent of police (SP) Iada Martin Marbaniang and CID DySP H T Chandrashekar were present in the court.
Bhaskar Shetty
Rajesh Karnam is the judge and Shantharam Shetty is the prosecutor in the case.
Later in a press meet, CID SP Iada Martin Marbaniang revealed that the chargesheet filed today was preliminary one and additional chargesheet will be filed after further investigations.
He said that cyber forensic report is awaited and more details should emerge once it is received. As per the chargesheet filed today, Bhaskar Shetty, who had come to his house at Indrali Udupi on July 28, was sprayed with pepper spray and later was forced to drink insecticide. Then he was taken in semi-unconscious state in a car to Nandalike. There Bhaskar Shetty’s dead body was burnt in a newly constructed Homakunda. Subsequently the remains were taken to different places near rivers and disposed off.
While the murder was committed by Rajeshwari Shetty, Navaneet Shetty and Niranjan Bhat, Srinivas Bhat and Raghavendra played their roles in destroying evidence. The judicial custodies of first three accused have been extended till November 17. Two other accused are out on bail.
The accused have been charged with 302, 201, 204, 120 B and 34 of Indian Penal Code (IPC).
It was also revealed that people with whom the victim was in touch before the murder and the people with whom the accused were in touch before and after the murder, have been interrogated.
CID DySP H T Chandrashekar, additional superintendent of police Vishnuvardhan were present in the press meet.