Bhasker Shetty case : Court entrusts accused Navaneeth and Niranjan to CID custody

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, Sep 20, 2016:  All the accused in  the businessman Bhasker Shetty murder case were produced before the Additional Senior Civil Judges Court on September 19, Monday.

As per the appeal made by the CID which is investigating the case, the court has entrusted the two main accused  namely  Niranjan Bhat and  Navaneeth Shetty  to   two days of  CID custody. This is the third time that the CID had sought Niranjan Bhat’s  custody.

Meanwhile, the judicial custody period of the other accused namely Rajeshwari Shetty, the wife of Bhasker  Shetty    and Srinivas Bhat, father of Niranjan Bhat and his driver Raghavendra  have been extended till October 3.

In another interesting development, the main accused Rajeshwari Shetty was  earlier brought to Udupi  from the Mangaluru sub-jail by a private bus. On Monday too she was  brought in a police vehicle upto Padubidri  and then taken  to the court in a private bus. This was objected by her advocate Arun Bangera  who claimed this was a case of human rights violation and that the accused should be brought to the court with due protection. The court directed the police to escort her to the court in the future with due protection.