Praveen Nettaru was murdered by PFI ‘killer squad’ to create terror in Hindu community, establish Islamic Rule by 2047: What NIA told Special Court

The National Investigation Agency has filed a chargesheet against 20 members of the banned Islamist outfit Popular Front of India for murdering Karnataka BJP Youth leader Praveen Nettaru in July last year. The NIA informed a special court that Nettaru was murdered by a killer squad of the PFI as part of its plan to instil terror into a “specific community” and further their agenda of “Islamic rule in India by 2047.” On July 26, 2022, a Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha worker Praveen Nettaru was hacked to death by unidentified assailants. NIA files Chargesheet against 20 accused in Praveen Nettaru Murder Case pic.twitter.com/tCf4ctcbKN — NIA India January 23, 2023 “Investigations found that the PFI formed secret teams called Service Teams or Killer Squads to carry out killings of its ‘perceived enemies’ and targets,” the NIA chargesheet has stated. “This was done as part of its agenda to cause terror, communal hatred, and unrest in society and to further its agenda of establishing Islamic rule by 2047.” According to the charge sheet, PFI’s secret team or “Service Team” members received weapons, attack training, and training in surveillance techniques in order to locate, list, and mount surveillance on people/leaders associated with particular communities and groups. The head of the district service team, Mustafa Paichar, received orders from senior PFI leaders to conduct recce, identify, and target a prominent member of a “specific community.” According to the chargesheet, “four people were recced and identified as per instructions, and among them was Praveen Nettaru, a BJP Yuva Morcha District Committee Member, who was assaulted and killed on July 26, 2022, in full view of the public with lethal weapons to instil fear among the general populace and specifically among members of a particular community.” The murder weapon that was found on the accused and the bike that was used in the attack were both presented as evidence by the NIA in addition to the statements of multiple witnesses in the case.