Puttur: Former district youth Congress president Bondala Jagannath Shetty died in a tragic road mishap near Panemangalore on the night of July 31, at around 11 pm. Reports said the Fortuner SUV car in which Bondala was travelling collided head on with a gas tanker killing Shetty on the spot. Shetty who was 38 is survived by his wife and a daughter.
Bondala Jagannath Shetty had been the District Youth Congress President from 2001 to 2009 and had even contested the 2008 assembly elections from Puttur. He however had lost to Mallika Prasad of BJP by just 1500 votes.
He had served the Congress in various capacities including General Secretary of Karnataka Youth Congress Committee, General Secretary of Karnataka state youth INTUC. He had even been an office bearer of KSRTC employees union.