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Scorned wife, son murder Udupi millionaire to usurp property

  • Bhaskar Shetty who went missing last month was found murdered near a temple in Karkala
  • His wife and son confessed to killing him with the help of her alleged lover, Niranjan Bhat
  • While the wife and the son have been arrested, Niranjan is still missing

 

Wife and the son are the killers

Bhaskar Shetty, the Udupi businessman who went missing a couple of weeks back ago, was found dead near a temple in Karkala on Sunday. His wife and son have been arrested after they confessed to murdering him in his own house.The police further confirmed that the duo killed Shetty to usurp his property.

 

It was on July 28 when Shetty who is a multi-millionaire went missing. Followed by which the city police started their investigation based on a complaint lodged by Shetty's mother Gulabi. 

 

When asked about Shetty's whereabouts, his wife Rajeshwari told that she doesn’t have a clue about where he went.The police then confiscated her phone and her call records revealed that she has been in constant touch with a man called Niranjan Bhat who is an astrologer. 

 

Further investigation revealed that Rajeshwari was having an extra marital affair with Niranjan Bhat. When Shetty came to know about this he decided to divorce her without paying any compensation. This resulted in a series of fights at home and in one such instance Shetty's son Navneeth had assaulted Shetty and even threatened to kill him.

 

After which Shetty refused to stay at home fearing that the mother and son may plot his murder. He would come home just to take a bath.However, on July 28, after he came out of the bathroom Navneeth sprayed pepper spray on his eyes and Rajeshwari attacked him with iron rod. Shetty collapsed and the duo then drowned him in the bath tub and murdered him.

 

The duo took Shetty's body in his own car to Nandalike and burnt his corpse in a Homa Kunda, with the help of Niranjan Bhat,the alleged lover of Rajeshwari. The police had also interrogated Niranjan Bhat’s family and they confirmed that Rajeshwari and Niranjan had conspired the murder.

 

Shetty's son also told the police that an episode from the Hindi serial CID inspired him to burn his father's corpse to get away with the murder. He had also changed the number plate of the car, in which he carried his father's corpse. Niranjan is still absconding and the police have formed teams to hunt him down.
 

 

 

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