Praveen Nettaru murder: NIA arrests hit team member of banned PFI from Bengaluru
India TodayThe National Investigation Agency has tracked down one of the absconding accused in the murder of BJP youth leader Praveen Nettaru. Thufail, the NIA claimed, was the Kodagu district head of the PFI “hit team” and former PFI district secretary of Kodagu district. The NIA said Thufail was wanted in the murder case of Nettaru, a BJP Yuva Morcha member, who was murdered allegedly by PFI cadres in July 2022 in Bellare village of Sullia Taluk in Dakshina Kannada district. PRAVEEN NETTARU MURDER CASE The murder of Praveen Nettaru in July last year, a zilla BJP Yuva Morcha committee member in Karnataka, led to massive unrest in the state as protests broke out. ALSO READ | Praveen Nettaru murder case: NIA files chargesheet against 20 accused with PFI links