Udupi: Deceased hotelier Bhasker Shetty’s mother Gulabi Shetty has filed a complaint at Udupi police station saying that she has been receiving life threats from the accused.
75-year-old Gulabi Shetty has stated in her complaint that prime accused Rajeshwari’s sisters – Renuka Shetty and Roopa D Shetty and one Sumathi Shetty had allegedly threatened to kill her. Gulabi Shetty has also stated that Bhasker Shetty when alive had asked a person named Sandesh Shetty to look after the running of the lodge.
On October 12, Renuka Shetty and Roopa D Shetty arrived at Hotel Durga International and threatened to kill her. On October 13, Sumathi Shetty hurled abuses at hotel manager Balakrishna Alva and also threatened to kill, stated Gulabi Shetty in her complaint.
It may recalled that, police arrested Rajeshwari and her son Navneeth on charges of murder and destroying evidence while they arrested Niranjan for allegedly helping in disposing of Bhasker Shetty’s body. The police further arrested Srinivas Bhat, father of Niranjan Bhat, and Raghavendra, Niranjan’s car driver on the charge of destruction of evidence in the case.