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  • Karnataka govt withdraws appointment order of Praveen Nettaru’s wife

    Karnataka govt withdraws appointment order of Praveen Nettaru’s wife

    The newly appointed Congress government in Karnataka has withdrawn the temporary appointment order of slain BJP activist Praveen Kumar Nettaru’s wife from government services in Dakshina Kannada district, sources confirmed on Saturday.

    Nutan Kumari, wife of the murdered BJP Yuva Morcha leader, was offered a Group C post on contract basis in the office of former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

    She reported to duty and expressed before the former Chief Minister about her preference to work in Mangaluru.

  • NIA files supplementary charge sheet in Praveen Nettaru murder case

    NIA files supplementary charge sheet in Praveen Nettaru murder case

    New Delhi (IANS): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday said that they have filed a supplementary charge sheet against two more accused in connection with the 2022 murder case of BJP Yuva Morcha leader leader Praveen Nettaru in Karnataka.

    One of the two accused named in the charge sheet, identified as Thufail M.H., who had been absconding, was tracked down and arrested by an NIA team in Bengaluru.

    Both the accused — Thufail- and Mohammad Jabir — have been charged under various sections of IPC and UA (P) Act.

    With this, a total of 21 accused persons have been chargesheeted in the case.

    The murder, which took place on July 26, 2022 in Bellare village, Dakshina Kannada district, had sent shockwaves in the state.

    Nettaru was murdered in full public view by members of the now banned Popular Front of India (PFI) “with the intention to strike terror in the society and create fear among the people”, according to the probe agency.

    The initial chargesheet was filed by the NIA on January 20 this year.

    The central probe agency had then stated that the PFI had formed secret ‘hit squads’, ‘Service Teams’ or ‘Killer Squads’ to carry out the killing of its ‘perceived enemies and targets.’

    NIA investigations also revealed that Thufail, a resident of Kodagu, was in-Charge of the PFI Service Teams in the district and also a ‘PFI Master Trainer’ who would regularly impart advanced training, including arms training to the banned outfit’s cadres at the Freedom Community Hall, in neighbouring Dakshina Kannada.

    He had harboured the three assailants in the murder case in Kodagu and Mysuru districts of Karnataka and in Erode district of Tamil Nadu, as per investigations by the NIA.

    Meanwhile, Jabir was the PFI Puttur District President and had actively participated in the conspiracy meeting where it was decided to recce and murder Nettaru.

    Further investigations into the case, which was initially registered as FIR number 63/2022 dated July 27, 2022 at Bellare Police Station of Dakshina Kannada district and re-registered by the NIA on August 4, 2022, are continuing.

  • Karnataka: SDPI fields Ismail Shafi Bellare, accused in BJP leader’s murder

    Karnataka: SDPI fields Ismail Shafi Bellare, accused in BJP leader’s murder

    Bengaluru: The move by the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) to field Ismail Shafi Bellare, accused in the murder of BJP Yuva Morcha leader Praveen Kumar Nettaru, and Riyaz Farangipet as its candidates in the communally-sensitive Dakshina Kannada district has become a topic of discussion in Karnataka ahead of the May 10 Assembly elections.

    Nettaru (32) was hacked to death by bike-borne assailants on the night of July 26 last year at Bellare in Dakshina Kannada district.

    SDPI is fielding 19 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections. Dubbed as a party of minorities, SDPI hopes to win four to five seats and make entry into the Karnataka legislature. According to sources, SDPI is likely to give a tough fight to former minister and senior Congress leader U.T. Khader in the Mangaluru (Ullal) Assembly constituency.

    The party emphasizes on ‘agitative politics’.

    Talking to IANS, SDPI’s national secretary Riyaz Farangipet said that his party is not just active during elections, but throughout the year it represents the people on one issue or the other across India.

    “Despite not being in power, SDPI ensures that the schemes of the government reaches the poor,” he said.

    Other political parties which have opened online help centres are charging money for their services, but SDPI is doing it for free, he said.

    “We are not power hungry. We want to be part of power. That is why we are focusing only on those constituencies where we can win,” said Farangipet, who is contesting from the Mangaluru (Ullal) Assembly constituency.