Mangaluru ; CA Murali Mohan Bhat, a leading Chartered Accountant of Mangalore breathed his last on the evening of Friday, 18th March 2022 at Mangalore.  He was 52 years of age,

He has left behind his wife, Mrs Vaishali, daughter Dr Roopali, aged parents and a very big group of admirers.

After a brilliant academic background, he started practice as a CA in Mangalore in 1994,

From 2005 as the HEAD of the Mangalore Branch of the famed CA firm M/s Manohar Chaudhari & Associates, he conducted the Statutory Audit of Corporation Bank, Karnataka Bank Ltd, MRPL, OMPL, NMPT, KIOCL, MSEZ Ltd, Mangalore Smart City Ltd besides a lot of national level enterprises.

He served the managing committee of the Mangalore Branch of ICAI for six years and served as its Chairman in 2012-13 with distinction,
He was also an active Rotarian.

He participated in a lot of TV debates and talk shows.

His last rites were conducted by his father on Saturday, 19th March 2022 at Beedinagudde Crematorium . Udupi

His untimely demise is a great loss to the CA fraternity and the business community of Mangalore and Udupi.