<p>Well-known criminal lawyer Shantharam Shetty has said that the FIR registered by the police in the aftermath of the murder of the businessman Bhaskar Shetty is weak.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The police is framing charges equivalent to a fairytale narration, said the lawyer.<br /><br />Speaking to mediapersons in the presence of the family of the deceased, the advocate said the police are the main offenders as they have supported the pre-meditated crime. <br /><br />The police have negotiated with the accused well prior to the drama unfolded supporting the idea of the arrest of the culprits. The FIR contents totally reflect cinematic experiences and mention the confession of the accused, wherein the fact stresses specifically on the destruction of the evidences. <br /><br />The FIR copy reflects the reluctance of the police to dig out the truth and also ensures that the fact of the destruction of the evidences mentioned in the FIR is also a part of the pre planned conspiracy. The police themselves have written the conclusion of the case in the FIR, he accused. Demanding that the lie detection test should be conducted on the accused and also the police involved in the primary investigation, the advocate said that the present investigating officer, the Karkala ASP is not capable of digging out the mystery of the death as she is inexperienced. Any officer with a lengthy profile of handling the most criminal offence should be given the responsibility. It would be better to bring back the former SP of the district Annamalai to investigate and offer an impartial solution to the case, he demanded. <br /><br />Comparing the case to the mysterious crime of the late ’90s, Tandoor case that took place in Delhi, wherein the Congress member burnt his wife in a tandoor stove, the advocate termed the present incident as ‘Homa Kunda’ incident, which would remain in fame forever and blacklisting the district.<br /><br />Strongly condemning the attitude of the police for the delayed FIR, Shetty said that there is an urgent need to reveal the truth behind the police indifferent behaviour. He said the ‘Homa Kunda’ which was used to burn the body of the deceased is not spacious enough, and the body of a small boy also cannot be burnt there. Manipal CPI Girish, who is the prime evidence for all the incidents, has himself written the FIR and also helped the culprits to find the loopholes to escape the trial, he accused. The police could have made the accused reveal everything within two to three hours of the arrest. Even the most hardcore criminals also open their mouth following the police interrogation barely within few hours. He said that investigation can be taken up even on circumstantial evidences and there requires no arrest.<br /><br /> The arrest is not a must and it is mere formality. The police claim non-recovery of the corpus has nothing to do with the trial, wherein the case can stand without the recovery of the body and the culprits can be convicted.<br /><br />He said he and another advocate Shashikant Shetty would assist the Public Prosecutor once the charge sheet is failed. He challenged the police to appeal for the extension of the police custody of the accused, which ends of August 12.<br /><br />Bhat’s father, driver produced before court<br /><br />The police produced the father and the driver of the main accused in the business man Bhaskar Shetty murder, Niranjan Bhat, before the court and were remanded to the judicial custody till August 24, reports DHNS from Udupi.<br /><br />Additional SP Vishnuvardhan told Deccan Herald that the accused Srinivas Bhat and Raghvendra were arrested on the charges of destroying the evidences. <br /><br />Meanwhile, doctors have removed the ear stud from the stomach of Niranjan Bhat, the accused in Bhasker Shetty murder case, through colonoscopy and he is out of danger.<br /><br />According to sources, he may be discharged tomorrow and will be produced before the court tomorrow (Friday) itself.<br /><br />On the other hand, the police custody of Bhasker Shetty’s wife and son ends on August 12 and they will be produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on Friday, he added.<br /><br />Quite interestingly, District-in-Charge Minister Pramodh Madhwaraj has written a letter to Home Minister requesting him to hand over the case to either CID.<br /></p>
<p>Well-known criminal lawyer Shantharam Shetty has said that the FIR registered by the police in the aftermath of the murder of the businessman Bhaskar Shetty is weak.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The police is framing charges equivalent to a fairytale narration, said the lawyer.<br /><br />Speaking to mediapersons in the presence of the family of the deceased, the advocate said the police are the main offenders as they have supported the pre-meditated crime. <br /><br />The police have negotiated with the accused well prior to the drama unfolded supporting the idea of the arrest of the culprits. The FIR contents totally reflect cinematic experiences and mention the confession of the accused, wherein the fact stresses specifically on the destruction of the evidences. <br /><br />The FIR copy reflects the reluctance of the police to dig out the truth and also ensures that the fact of the destruction of the evidences mentioned in the FIR is also a part of the pre planned conspiracy. The police themselves have written the conclusion of the case in the FIR, he accused. Demanding that the lie detection test should be conducted on the accused and also the police involved in the primary investigation, the advocate said that the present investigating officer, the Karkala ASP is not capable of digging out the mystery of the death as she is inexperienced. Any officer with a lengthy profile of handling the most criminal offence should be given the responsibility. It would be better to bring back the former SP of the district Annamalai to investigate and offer an impartial solution to the case, he demanded. <br /><br />Comparing the case to the mysterious crime of the late ’90s, Tandoor case that took place in Delhi, wherein the Congress member burnt his wife in a tandoor stove, the advocate termed the present incident as ‘Homa Kunda’ incident, which would remain in fame forever and blacklisting the district.<br /><br />Strongly condemning the attitude of the police for the delayed FIR, Shetty said that there is an urgent need to reveal the truth behind the police indifferent behaviour. He said the ‘Homa Kunda’ which was used to burn the body of the deceased is not spacious enough, and the body of a small boy also cannot be burnt there. Manipal CPI Girish, who is the prime evidence for all the incidents, has himself written the FIR and also helped the culprits to find the loopholes to escape the trial, he accused. The police could have made the accused reveal everything within two to three hours of the arrest. Even the most hardcore criminals also open their mouth following the police interrogation barely within few hours. He said that investigation can be taken up even on circumstantial evidences and there requires no arrest.<br /><br /> The arrest is not a must and it is mere formality. The police claim non-recovery of the corpus has nothing to do with the trial, wherein the case can stand without the recovery of the body and the culprits can be convicted.<br /><br />He said he and another advocate Shashikant Shetty would assist the Public Prosecutor once the charge sheet is failed. He challenged the police to appeal for the extension of the police custody of the accused, which ends of August 12.<br /><br />Bhat’s father, driver produced before court<br /><br />The police produced the father and the driver of the main accused in the business man Bhaskar Shetty murder, Niranjan Bhat, before the court and were remanded to the judicial custody till August 24, reports DHNS from Udupi.<br /><br />Additional SP Vishnuvardhan told Deccan Herald that the accused Srinivas Bhat and Raghvendra were arrested on the charges of destroying the evidences. <br /><br />Meanwhile, doctors have removed the ear stud from the stomach of Niranjan Bhat, the accused in Bhasker Shetty murder case, through colonoscopy and he is out of danger.<br /><br />According to sources, he may be discharged tomorrow and will be produced before the court tomorrow (Friday) itself.<br /><br />On the other hand, the police custody of Bhasker Shetty’s wife and son ends on August 12 and they will be produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on Friday, he added.<br /><br />Quite interestingly, District-in-Charge Minister Pramodh Madhwaraj has written a letter to Home Minister requesting him to hand over the case to either CID.<br /></p>
