Mangaluru, Nov 25: Third Additional District and Sessions Court, here on Wednesday convicted five persons of hatching a murder plot and murdering a reputed city-based advocate in 2009. Two other accused charged with the same offences were acquitted of all charges against them.
Naushad Kashimji, who was known as the most successful criminal lawyer human rights advocate in Mangaluru, was shot dead outside his apartment in the city on April 9, 2009.
After a prolonged hearing, Judge Pushpanjali Devi convicted Dinesh Shetty, from Nayataru in Beltangady taluk, Ritesh alias Reetu and Ganesh, from Kodikal in the city, Pratap Shetty from Kavoor and Subrahmanya from Kadri in the city on Wednesday.
It is believed that all the convicts were associates of underworld gangster Ravi Poojary. The quantum of punishment is expected to be pronounced on Thursday. The acquitted are Shivprakash and Ravi Shukwani.
It could be recalled here that late K Purushotham Poojary, who was then senior most advocate in the Mangaluru Bar Association, and the family members of Kashimji had accused a few prominent police officers in the city of involving in the murder.
Kashimji was also defending a few controversial persons including Rasheed Malbari, an alleged aide of Chota Shakeel, and Atul Rao, who according to late Poojary, had been falsely implicated in the murder of Padmapriya, wife of former Udupi MLA and BJP leader Raghupati Bhat.
More details are awaited.
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