Udupi, Jan 17, 2013: Nitte Sudhaker Shetty (79), a well-known hotelier from Mumbai and President of the Buntara Sangha, Mumbai, passed away after he suffered a massive cardiac arrest while flying to Mangalore from Mumbai on January 16, Wednesday.
Later, Shetty had served the Indian navy for ten years and had taken voluntary retirement. He had then plunged into hotel business. He runs hotels in Mumbai and Lonavala and is also the president of Hotel Owners Association. Shetty has left behind his wife and two sons.