Archive · 8 Aug 2026
Udupi Congress Leader David D'Souza Shot Dead in Karnataka
A man named David D'Souza was a leader of a political group called Congress in Udupi district, Karnataka.
He also worked as a contractor and owned a bar and a bus company.
On Friday afternoon, two people came in a vehicle and shot him.
He was badly hurt.
Bystanders and local helpers quickly took him to a hospital.
Sadly, he died before he could reach the hospital.
D'Souza had earlier been found guilty in the sad case of a church priest named Rev Fr Mahesh and had spent time in jail.
The police do not yet know why someone shot him.
They are looking into different possibilities, such as personal or business problems, to find who did this.
David D'Souza, a local Congress leader and contractor, was shot dead by two unidentified assailants at Padubidri in Udupi district, Karnataka, on Friday afternoon.
The assailants arrived in a vehicle and opened fire, inflicting severe bullet injuries on D'Souza.
Bystanders and local authorities rushed him to a nearby hospital, but he died on the way.
D'Souza was a former president of the Mudarangadi Village Panchayat and owned a bar, a public transport unit, and contracting interests.
He had been convicted in the suicide case of Rev Fr Mahesh, an assistant priest at a local church, and had served a jail term; police are investigating personal and business rivalries as possible motives.
- Who
- David D'Souza, a local Congress leader and contractor who was the former president of the Mudarangadi Village Panchayat.
- What
- D'Souza was shot dead by two unidentified assailants who arrived in a vehicle and opened fire at him.
- When
- Friday afternoon.
- Where
- Padubidri, in Udupi district, Karnataka.
- Why
- The motive is not yet known; police are investigating personal and business rivalries as possible reasons.
- Victim
- David D'Souza
- Role
- Local Congress leader, contractor, and former president of Mudarangadi Village Panchayat
- Location
- Padubidri, Udupi district, Karnataka
- Timing
- Friday afternoon
- Business interests
- Bar, public transport unit, and contracting interests
- Past conviction
- Convicted in the suicide case of Rev Fr Mahesh; served a jail term
- Attack details
- Two assailants in a vehicle opened fire; victim died en route to hospital
- Investigation
- Multi-angle probe underway; personal and business rivalries being explored
