Underworld operative ‘Kali’ Yogish and Yogish Acharya booked under KCOCA

The Udupi constabulary person booked underworld operative ‘Kali’ Yogish and his alleged associate, Yogish Acharya, nether the Karnataka Control of Organized Crime Act (KCOCA). The duo is reportedly progressive successful a execution and different transgression activities.

Yogish Acharya, 54, a nonmigratory of Kote colony successful Udupi’s Kaup Taluk, was produced earlier the Special KCOCA Court successful Mysuru. The Principal District and Sessions Judge remanded him to judicial custody, the constabulary said. The constabulary stated that the co-accused, Kali Yogish, has been astatine ample and was believed to beryllium abroad.

In December 2022, the Kaup Police booked ‘Kali’ Yogish, Yogish Acharya, and their associates for allegedly assaulting a antheral named Chandrashekar implicit a onshore dispute. Subsequently, successful March 2023, the radical was booked implicit the execution of Sharath Shetty, who was reportedly killed for supporting Chandrashekar.

On October 20, 2025, the Kaup constabulary registered a 3rd lawsuit against ‘Kali’ Yogish and his aides implicit an alleged menace to Chandrashekar. The accused reportedly threatened the second against testifying successful the 2 erstwhile cases and pressured him to settee an agreed-upon magnitude with Acharya.