Bhaskar Shetty murder case: cops recover bones; 2 more arrested

 

Udupi, 11 Aug 2016: The investigating team has recovered small bones and bricks with varying structures in the river near Palli in Karkala rural area in connection with the murder of businessman Bhaskar Shetty.

 

ASP Vishnuvardhan told Deccan Herald that the recovered bones are yet to be sent to forensic lab to ascertain that they are of human origin and Bhaskar Shetty’s.

 

“There are more details to be collected by the police for strong evidence. The body or the remnants are yet to be recovered. At the outset, it seems that there are many people involved in the crime and it is just not three”, he said, but declined to reveal further details, citing the reason that exposing the information could result in the destruction of the evidences.

 

Karkala ASP Sumana, who led the investigation team, has been appointed as the investigating officer in place of the Manipal CPI Girish.

 

“Niranjan Bhat, the main accused in the case, has been referred to a speciality hospital like KMC, Manipal, and Wenlock in Mangaluru. The ear stud that Bhat had swallowed is still in his stomach while the other stud and the diamond studded finger ring have been discharged in his stools,” said District Surgeon Madhusudhan Nayak, adding, “Police have to seek the consent from the court before taking him for the treatment.”

 

ASP Vishnuvardhan said scanning has been carried out at the hospital and, based on the reports, Bhat would be shifted to either the government hospital or KMC, Manipal. Only after he is declared perfectly fine in terms of health, would he be produced before the court.

 

Meanwhile, BJP district president Mattar Ratnakar Hegde declined to comment on his role to be advocate for the accused in the murder case.

 

He said the family is his client since 25 years. The deceased had made a few attempts to contact him before the tragedy, Hegde said. He added that the bail application in favour of the accused is yet to be moved and once it is done, the accused counsel’s name would be made public. The advocate said that he would not prefer to comment as the matter is sub-judice. The rumours spreading against him in social networking sites are tackled through the messages, he said, adding that he would prefer to remain silent and everything will be revealed in the course of time.

 

2 more arrested

 

In a late-night development, Niranjan Bhat’s father Srinivas Bhat and his driver Raghavendra have been arrested on charges of destroying evidences.