<p>The owner of a well-known bar in the city's party hub was shot dead by two scooter-borne assailants on Thursday night, police said. </p>.<p>Manish alias Sarvatham Shetty, 45, had stepped out of his establishment, Duet Bar, located on Rest House Road, off Brigade Road, when the assailants rode up around 9 pm, M N Anucheth, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central), told <span class="italic"><em>DH</em></span>. He was taken to Mallya Hospital but succumbed to his injuries. </p>.<p>Shetty, a native of Koppa, Chikkamagaluru, was attacked with a single-barrel breech-loading gun as well as a lethal non-firearm, city police chief Kamal Pant, who visited the spot, said. The assailants were also injured and had to abandon their scooter in an attempt to escape, Pant added. </p>.<p>The top cop said they had definite clues that the assailants were convicted criminals from Dakshina Kannada. </p>.<p>Shetty was an accused in the 2007 heist at Chemmanur Jewellers and was said to be a close associate of underworld dons Bannanje Raja and Ravi Pujari. </p>.<p>A preliminary probe showed Raja was a partner in the bar, Pant said, adding they would have to go to other states to catch the assailants. The CCB will also join the probe. </p>
<p>The owner of a well-known bar in the city's party hub was shot dead by two scooter-borne assailants on Thursday night, police said. </p>.<p>Manish alias Sarvatham Shetty, 45, had stepped out of his establishment, Duet Bar, located on Rest House Road, off Brigade Road, when the assailants rode up around 9 pm, M N Anucheth, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central), told <span class="italic"><em>DH</em></span>. He was taken to Mallya Hospital but succumbed to his injuries. </p>.<p>Shetty, a native of Koppa, Chikkamagaluru, was attacked with a single-barrel breech-loading gun as well as a lethal non-firearm, city police chief Kamal Pant, who visited the spot, said. The assailants were also injured and had to abandon their scooter in an attempt to escape, Pant added. </p>.<p>The top cop said they had definite clues that the assailants were convicted criminals from Dakshina Kannada. </p>.<p>Shetty was an accused in the 2007 heist at Chemmanur Jewellers and was said to be a close associate of underworld dons Bannanje Raja and Ravi Pujari. </p>.<p>A preliminary probe showed Raja was a partner in the bar, Pant said, adding they would have to go to other states to catch the assailants. The CCB will also join the probe. </p>
