Saudi bizman Bhaskar Shetty murdered by wife, son in Udupi with priest's help

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August 6, 2016

Udupi, Aug 6: The police have recovered the ashes of the burnt body of businessman Bhaskar Shetty, who had been missing under suspicious circumstances since July 28 after he left his home in Udupi.

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The victim's wife Rajeshwari and body-builder son Navneeth Shetty, who were taken into custody for interrogation, have reportedly confessed to the brutal murder.

Proprietor of Udupi's Hotel Durga International, 52-year-old Bhaskar Shetty was running a business in Saudi Arabia and often used to visit the kingdom. He had handed over the responsibility of managing hotel in Udupi to his wife Rajeshwari.

It is learnt that a quarrel had erupted between the husband and wife over the financial misappropriation by the latter and she had also slapped him in the hotel a month ago. According to sources, she was trying to become the owner of the hotel and keep her husband completely away.

Two days after the mysterious disappearance of the businessman his mother had lodged a missing complaint on July 30 with Manipal police station. The complainant had suspected that his wife and son might have kidnapped him. Hence police had taken the duo into custody.

It is learnt that on August 5 Navneeth Shetty confessed that he along with his mother murdered his father with the help of Niranjan Bhat, a priest on August 28, when the victim had visited the home.

Police sources said that the murderers took the dead body to Nandalike village in Karkala and burnt it to ashes. Later, the ashes and the materials used for a precautionary homa' were packed in gunny backs and thrown into a stream by the priest. Police have managed to recover some of such gunny bags, sources said.

Also Read: Days after assault by wife and son, Udupi hotelier Bhaskar Shetty goes missing

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Bhaskar Shetty (centre) with his son Navneeth Shetty and wife Rajeshwari (file photo)

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Navneeth Shetty in a gym (file photo)

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ruffi
 - 
Sunday, 11 Sep 2016

he dint toook 34 lakhs with me i lied. b7t yeah he is a frnd of mine

ruffi
 - 
Sunday, 11 Sep 2016

i dint think my frnd navneeth would do like this. navneeth was a good frnd of mine he is a cheater nw he took 34 lakhas with me at 26 august cheater navvneeeèth......

ZakirNaikFan
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Friday, 12 Aug 2016

Apparently, Navneet is a very ardent follower of Crime Patrol programme on TV. If people can raise fingers at Zakir Naik, and ban him and his teachings, and probe into his involvement in terrorism, then in this case, the channel and producers of Crime Patrol should also be charged with the same. I wonder where Arnab Goswami is hiding now!

Seetharam Shetty
 - 
Wednesday, 10 Aug 2016

What is the use of huge wealth, poor man killed by own people what did people involved achieved. We always talk of development education. What is meaning of education and development ? That old golden days we are far better than now where we did not had cc tv camera no proper road no public transport no powerful education institute but WE WERE SAFE ON THOSE GOLDEN OLD DAYS.

Well wisher of…
 - 
Wednesday, 10 Aug 2016

Hang all three ..shameless and merciless people

Mohammed
 - 
Wednesday, 10 Aug 2016

Tell the world that Naveen is impressed by Zakir Naik Lecture.

Satyameva jayate
 - 
Monday, 8 Aug 2016

Where is the priest....arrest him for terrorizing that family..see which temple he went ..close it down..or ban his school....ha ha.....as you do with muslims

Rikaz
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Sunday, 7 Aug 2016

Very bad people, how can we trust this world...poor guy...

sith
 - 
Saturday, 6 Aug 2016

These people are family friends... We're all good people... I used to play with that boy as a kid.. I smell something fishy ..

MOOSA
 - 
Saturday, 6 Aug 2016

Mage mallaye, Ammeg kullaye

Shammi
 - 
Saturday, 6 Aug 2016

He should have saved his life by staying in Saudi Arabia. India is not safe, people even get killed for having food, for honor, for rupees 15, for nothing, for rights etc.

SS
 - 
Saturday, 6 Aug 2016

Father rest in peace...
Someone make mother + Son piece piece...
Bastards.

UMMAR
 - 
Saturday, 6 Aug 2016

need to give proper treatment to son and the mother , put inside the jail forever or hang them in public ...

from this incident all need to learn the lesson that even with wife we should not share all the details and income of our business .

A.Mangalore
 - 
Saturday, 6 Aug 2016

Bhasker Shetty, an innocent face. The son built his body from his father's hard earned money.
Every father has to think twice doing any business with their own wife and sons ... Kaala Badalaagide.
Lost a nice husband, a nice father .. now stay in jail without husband, without father mother ... for long years.....
for what ???? for money??? ... thoo nim janma haalaga...

Shadashiva Shetty
 - 
Saturday, 6 Aug 2016

What a son!
What a wife!
What a priest!
What a society!

RIP brother Bhasker. You are gem. they dont deserve you.

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Udupi, May 12: A tragic incident unfolded at a wedding in Nandikur, Udupi district, when a four-year-old boy, Vasudeva, drowned in a temple pond near the venue.

According to a police complaint filed by Satyanarayana, 38, a resident of Kurkalu village in Kaup, the child had accompanied his mother, Soumya, and siblings—Vaishnavi (10) and Vishnu Priya (1)—to attend a wedding at the Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple Hall in Nandikur.

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