The incident took place in the Lokayukta office when Justice Shetty exposed a major loophole in the case he was hearing.
Karnataka Lokayukta Justice P. Vishwanath Shetty who was stabbed by a man in his office in Bengaluru on March 7, 2018.IANS
Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Vishwanath Shetty was stabbed inside his office in Bengaluru on Wednesday, March 7, while he was hearing a case.
The incident took place in the Lokayukta office when Shetty exposed a major loophole in the case he was hearing. The accused, identified as Tejas Sharma, was overpowered and was nabbed by the police.
In a daring day light attack, Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Vishwanath Shetty was stabbed by a youth in his chamber in Bengaluru today. The youth was arrested. Vishwanath Shetty admitted in a private hospital. CM Siddaramaiah visits the hospital.
Sharma's name was traced from the entry he had made in the register when he entered the Lokayukta office, Times of India reported. He is a contractor by profession, Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy told reporters.
The incident has raised major concerns over the security in the Lokayukta office and a probe is under way. It has been reported that the metal detectors at the entrance of the Lokayukta were dysfunctional, which could have possibly made it easier for Sharma to carry a knife inside the building.
"One person attempted to murder the judge.He hit him 3 times with his knife.The judge fell on the floor. So you can see what kind of security Siddaramaiah govt has provided us. Situation is very bad," an eyewitness told ANI.
Shetty was rushed to the Mallya hospital and according to a statement by Home Minister Reddy, he is out of danger now. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has arrived at hospital to meet Shetty.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at Bengaluru's Mallya Hospital to meet Lokayukta Justice Vishwanath Shetty who was stabbed by a man at his office. pic.twitter.com/5TdZFGH9rr
Justice Vishwanath Shetty was stabbed inside his office in Bengaluru on Wednesday, March 7 [Representational Image]Creative Commons
Meanwhile, many have voiced their opinion against the attack on Shetty inside the Lokayukta building. Here are a few reactions
A man stabs Justice Vishwanath Shetty at #Lokayukta office, #Bengaluru . Accused is identified as Thejesh Sharma who was supposed to be appear pic.twitter.com/cBlIeKQ42d
It's a matter of great concern.Congress government has been trying to kill the institution of the Lokayukta and this attack is just one blow.@INCIndia.One person attempted to murder the judge.
#Karnataka Lokayukta justice Vishwanath Shetty was stabbed at his office, Justice Shetty said to be critical @NewIndianXpress @sprakaashbjp pic.twitter.com/4pPdNnBcz0
Karnataka's Lokayukta Justice Vishwanath Shetty stabbed in Lokayukta office premises in Bengaluru. He is reportedly in a critical condition. @deepab18 reports.
Shocked to learn that Lokayukta Justice Vishwanath Shetty has been stabbed with a knife. I wish Him speedy recovery.
Under #GoondaSidduSarkara nobody is safe as the CONgress Government actively encourages anti-social elements.
Karnataka Lok Ayukta Justice Vishwanath Shetty who was stabbed by an unknown miscreant is one of India's finest Judges. He had an open door policy and just about anyone could walk in and expect their grievances to be ventilated through him.
Justice Vishwanath Shetty had an open door policy and the culprit Tejas Sharma had come for a hearing to his office. CM @siddaramaiah is visiting the injured Lokayukta at Mallya hospital now.
West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce has branded Andre Villas-Boas as immature after the Tottenham Hotspur boss criticised members of the press who he claimed attacked his "integrity and character" following the 6-0 defeat to Manchester City.
After Spurs' 2-2 draw with Manchester United, the Portuguese boss became embroiled in a war of words with Daily Mail journalist Neil Ashton while he also criticised Martin Samuel for articles written following the club's biggest league loss for two decades last weekend.
And Allardyce has waded in on the issue, claiming that Villas-Boas is naïve to take on the press regarding their criticism and that the Tottenham boss should "take it on the chin".
"You can't do it for me," the West Ham boss told talkSPORT. "You can try and do it tactfully but I think you've got to take it on the chin. You've got to use it as a motivational drive to show these people that they're absolutely wrong.
"You've got to do your talking on the field, and the players have got to do the talking on the field for you and the quality of the game did that for Tottenham against Manchester United.
"I think a little bit of immaturity needs to be asked. It's happened it can get under your skin but you've got to be big enough to take it on the chin because I don't think you'll win that one however much you have a go."
Reports emerged in mid-week that the Tottenham hierarchy were considering Villas-Boas' position while Swansea City manager Michael Laudrup emerged as the bookmakers favourite to replace him.
Former chairman Alan Sugar has also called for Villas-Boas to be replaced, with Tottenham now ten points behind leaders Arsenal with just 13 league games played.
Sugar has optimistically called for former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson to replace Villas-Boas, who the multi-millionaire businessman has consistently criticised.
Allardyce himself has alleviated pressure regarding his position at West Ham by ending a run of five games without a win as the Hammers beat Fulham 3-0 at Upton Park on Saturday.
Breck Bednar (left) was killed by Lewis Daynes after the pair met playing computer games (Essex Police)
The mother of murdered schoolboy Breck Bednar said his killer distributed pictures of her son's dead body and sent them "to some boys" at school.
Lewis Daynes, 19, a computer engineer, pleaded guilty last week to stabbing Breck to death at a flat in Grays, Essex.
Breck's mother, Lorin LaFave, claimed her 12-year-old triplets found out about their brother's death after Daynes sent images of his corpse to their friends at school.
"They received a text from other friends from school who had siblings, and that's how my triplets found out," she said.
Essex Police refused to comment on the claim before the sentencing of Daynes of Rosebery Road, Grays, in January.
It comes as LaFave and her ex-husband, Barry Bednar, a millionaire oil trader from Texas, announced they were suing Essex and Surrey Police over their handling of the case. LaFave said she left Surrey Police details of her concerns about Daynes in a 30-minute phone call.
"No one bothered to call me back, which was unforgivable," she said. "I gave them Daynes's full name, the fact that he lived in Essex, but they did nothing. If they had acted on my information I have no doubt that this would not have happened."
Breck travelled 30 miles from his home to go to Daynes flat in Grays, in February. He told his parents he was going to stay at a friend's house close by.
The St Bede's School pupil died the following day after he was stabbed in the neck. It is believed Breck meet Daynes while playing video games online.
The nominees will discuss a number of issues including immigration, the economy and the Supreme Court.
Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) debates with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the third U.S. presidential debate at the Thomas & Mack Center on October 19, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tonight is the final debate ahead of Election Day on November 8. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump have debated for a final time before the 8 November election at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.
The 90-minute debate, which was divided into six 15-minute segments, was moderated by Fox News' Chris Wallace. The segments focused on the following issues: debt and entitlements, immigration, economy, the Supreme Court, foreign hot spots, and fitness to be president.
Third-party candidates Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party) and Jill Stein (Green Party) did not participate in the debate after failing to qualify.
That concludes our live coverage of the final presidential debate. Be sure to follow our continued coverage of the race for the White House during the final 20 days before the election on 8 November.
The debate is ending "on a positive note" with the moderator giving each candidate a minute for closing statements, which are reportedly unprepared.
"I am reaching out to all Americans," Clinton said adding, "we need your talents, your skills, you commitment, your energy, your ambition.
"Our inner cities are a disaster, you get shot walking to the store ... I will do more for African Americans and Latinos than she can do in a lifetime," he said.
The final topic of the debate is federal spending, with the moderator stating neither candidate has a serious plan to deal with the lack of money for things like Medicare and social security.
"I am cutting taxes, we are going to grow the economy and one thing we have to do is repeal and replace the disaster known as Obamacare," says Trump, responding to a question on whether he would spend money on a deal that included benefit cuts and tax increases to save Medicare and social security.
Clinton has pledged not to cut benefits and has once again reiterated her plan to maintain and improve Obamacare.
The moderator asked the candidates about the debt, which is the highest it has been since World War II, stating "why are you ignoring this?"
Trump says he intends to create "the kind of country we were" regarding industry, adding "we use political hacks" to negotiate trade.
"We will create an economic machine, the likes of which we haven't seen in many decades," Trump said, promising people they will make a lot of money if he becomes president.
"I have made it very clear — we are going where the money is," added Clinton, reiterating plans to tax wealthy corporations and make things better for the middle class.
While Trump is maintaining that he will not let refugees into the US, Clinton says she cannot fathom closing the door on women and children refugees.
The GOP nominee is also claiming that President Obama has admitted "thousands" of Syrian refugees and he does not know where they're from.
However, the US vetting process of refugees is one of "the most stringent," according to a report by CNN.
Donald Trump: "We are now going to take Mosul, and you know who's going to be the beneficiary? Iran." #DebateNight https://t.co/YzrpFlKfrp
The conversation briefly shifts to the WikiLeaks emails. Trump brings up the Podesta emails against Clinton, but she quickly brushes his comments off.
Meanwhile, former Republican candidate Marco Rubio, who is running for re-election for his Senate seat, is urging fellow Republicans not to use the WikiLeaks dumps regarding Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party. "Today it is the Democrats. Tomorrow, it could be us," he warned in a statement.
Rubio added: "I will not discuss any issue that has become public solely on the basis of WikiLeaks. As our intelligence agencies have said, these leaks are an effort by a foreign government to interfere with our electoral process, and I will not indulge in it."
Trump's says, "Mosul is so sad," incorrectly, claiming that all Islamic State (Isis) fighters have left Mosul because the element of surprise has been lost.
Trump deviates, saying Iran is overtaking Iraq and they should write the US a "thank you letter" for removing the Isis threat from Mosul. He claims Iran will ultimately be the winner if the US helps Iraq remove Isis (Daesh) from Mosul.
The candidates are now discussing foreign hotspots. First up is Iraq and the fight against the Islamic State (Isis).
Clinton says she will not support placing troops on the ground in Iraq if Isis is removed from Iraq. She notes that pushing Isis (Daesh) from Mosul will be tough but remains confident that it will be a successful military operation.
Clinton also says Syria will continue to be a hotbed of terrorists if the civil war continues to ravage the country. She adds she will continue to push for no-fly zones and safe zones within Syria.
Clinton has reiterated Obama's claims that Trump was 'whining' about the system, adding: "He is denigrating, he is talking down our democracy", as the audience is reminded not to make any noise in the background.
Trump claims there are millions of people registered to vote who should not be allowed to, and stated Clinton should not be allowed to run "based on what she did with emails and so many other things". He said this, along with "corrupt media" makes him believe the system is corrupt.
The GOP nominee also says he would not state now whether or not he would accept the result of the election, explaining he would keep people guessing and adding he would comment at the time.
Trump has brought up Clinton's missing emails once again and urged people to discuss the topic over the "fiction" of the abuse allegations made against him.
However, Clinton has hit back over other comments made by Trump, including his comments toward the gold star family of a US Muslim soldier, claiming "this is a pattern of divisiveness", and accuses Trump of inciting violence and applauding people "who are pushing and punching" at his rallies.
Clinton is now addressing the same topic, reiterating allegations against Trump as he attempts to interrupt her.
"Donald thinks belittling women makes him bigger," says Clinton, failing once again to address allegations made against her husband Bill Clinton over the years, all of which the former president has previously denied.
Trump is immediately asked about the nine women who he alleged groped or kissed without consent, and why they would "make up" these stories. Meanwhile, Clinton is asked about allegations against Bill Clinton.
"I believe it was her campaign that did it," Trump said of the allegations, adding he believed her campaign also incited violence in Chicago.
Host Chris Wallace asks Clinton if her plan will basically be a continuation of Obama's stimulus plan. She says she personally believes Obama saved the US from economic depression.
Clinton says her plan will not add more to the debt and that she won't raise taxes for anyone making $250,000 or less.
Trump focuses on the US' foreign economic and security deals, saying he will create "great deals" and make countries pay for US protection.
He calls the Obama administration the "Obama regime". The GOP nominee is touting his plans to lower taxes, before again sharing his plans to restructure trade deals.
Clinton says her plan is to grow the economy and give the middle class more opportunities. She champions equal pay for women, education, debt-free college and for the wealthy and corporations to contribute more than they are at the moment.
Donald Trump on Immigration: "We have some bad hombres here." We're going to get them out" #DebateNight https://t.co/vMULIRBFa1
Is “bad hombres” part of his Hispanic voter outreach? Not out of keeping with the rest… #debatenight
Clinton has responded to the subject of her speeches to banks, revealed by Wikileaks with questions over the site's involvement in the election.
The Democrat nominee said Wikileaks information had come "from Putin himself", arguing Russia is involved in espionage in order to influence the US election. Clinton stated that Vladimir Putin would rather have Trump as president because "he would rather have a puppet" than her.
Trump responded, saying that he condemns Russian interference in the election and again denied knowing Putin. "This is not my best friend," he said, but claimed Clinton did not like Putin because "she has been outsmarted and outplayed" by him.
Remaining on the topic of immigration, Clinton has accused Trump of using undocumented workers to build his tower, and suggested he exploited them by underpaying them.
Trump has hit back and said millions and millions of people have been deported under Barack Obama, arguing "you either have borders or you don't".
Clinton says the idea of rounding people up and deporting them is not in keeping with the country's ethos. She said, however, that she does believe in border security and added that resources should be directed at ensuring violent criminals who are not US citizens are deported.
Trump is up first and says it is "very unfair" to give people amnesty. He says there are four mothers in the audience whose children have been killed by people who came into the country illegally.
A mother of three who was advised by a specialist to abort her youngest daughter when it was discovered she had Down's Syndrome has written an emotional letter to the doctor expressing her joy that she ignored the advice. Courney Baker from Sanford, Florida chose to keep Emersyn Faith - and now, 15 months later, says she couldn't imagine life without her beautiful little girl.
Courtney said the prenatal specialist repeatedly advised her to abort, so she wrote to tell him how glad she was that she kept Emersyn. She even snapped her daughter posting the letter to the specialist and posted it on the Facebook page of activist Parker Myles, where it was shared thousands of times.
Emersyn's two older sisters - Rhyan, 15, and Evynn, 11 - fell for Emersyn the first time they met her, Courtney told ABC News. "I knew how important it was going to be to write that letter, before Emmy was even born."
In the letter Courtney said: "I'm sad you were so very wrong to say a baby with Down's Syndrome would decrease our quality of life. And I'm heartbroken you might have said that to a mommy even today. But I'm mostly sad you'll never have the privilege of knowing my daughter, Emersyn.
"Because, you see, Emersyn has not only added to our quality of life, she's touched the hearts of thousands. She's given us a purpose and a joy that is impossible to express. She's given us bigger smiles, more laughter and sweeter kisses than we've ever known. She's opened our eyes to true beauty and pure love."
Down's Syndrome is a genetic condition that affects around 775 children in the UK alone each year. Down's syndrome babies have learning disabilities and distinct facial characteristics. The condition is caused by the presence of an extra copy of chromosome 21 in the cell.