on July 30, 2026, at around 11:45 PM, the petitioner Derick Crasta allegedly phoned Ivan Richard Mascarenhas over a financial dispute involving pending chit-fund transactions. Following a heated argument, Crasta challenged Ivan to meet him alone in Kundapura. Subsequently, at 1:30 AM on July 31, Crasta shared his live location. When Ivan arrived in his car and parked opposite the Holy Rosary Church on Church Road, Crasta arrived at around 3:15 AM in a dark red Mahindra Thar, stepped out, shot Ivan below the waist with a firearm, and fled the scene. Ivan suffered severe gunshot injuries and died on the spot due to massive bleeding.