Two persons killed at Nadpal, Hebri

On 15/05/08 Bhoja Shetty (55) S/o Padmaiah Shetty, R/o Vishwas Kripa, Balebbi, Seethanadi, Nadpal village, Karkala Taluk and his neighbour Suresh Shetty (40) were shot at by unknown individuals. The incident occurred between 19:30 hrs and 20:00 hrs., when Bhoja Shetty riding on his own motor cycle along with his neighbour Suresh Shetty stopped the motor cycle in front of his house gate. Bhoja Shetty died on the spot as a consequence of bullet injury and Suresh Shetty sustained grevious injury and died while on the way to hospital. The place in context is a naxalite affected area and investigation needs to be done to establish the naxalite involvement in the incident. Extensive combing operation has been taken up in the place. High security arrangements is in placed for today’s Assembly election with huge deployment of police force.