Locals involved in killing of BJP Yuva Morcha worker, says Karnataka Home Minister Gyanendra

Last Update: August 06, 2022, 18:33 IST

Tirthahalli (Tirthahalli), India

File photo of Karnataka Home Minister Araga Gyanendra. (Image: News18)

The Karnataka Police had arrested two persons with suspected links with the Popular Front of India (PFI) from Ballare in connection with the July 28 murder.

Karnataka Home Minister Araga Gyanendra on Saturday indicated that those involved in the recent murder of a BJP worker in Dakshina Kannada district were local and efforts were on to nab them. The police earlier suspected Kerala to have links to the murder, and had sent teams to the neighboring state and got in touch with the police there as part of the investigation, adding that the place where the murder took place was close to the border.

Gyanendra told the media, “As per the information, the people involved in Praveen’s murder of Bellare are the local people of Mangaluru (Dakshina Kannada) district limits.” “Their background, which organization they belong to – from all these angles the police are probing and doing everything possible to nab them,” he said. District Bharatiya Yuva Morcha Samiti member Praveen Nettar (32) was murdered by unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants at Bellare in Dakshina Kannada district on the night of 26 July, sparking outrage.

Two people of Bellary have suspicious links with Popular Front India (PFI) was arrested by the Karnataka Police on July 28 in connection with the murder. The state government has handed over the murder investigation to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

The government is under pressure, as there were widespread protests and a flood of resignations from members of the BJP and its Yuva Morcha at various places, as well as an open expression of anger by many Hindutva ideologues and organisations, over the state government’s defense. Was accused of not standing up. Life of Hindu activists.

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