BENGALURU: As the investigation into the BJP worker Praveen Nettaru’s murder case continues, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said that the case will be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) soon.
“The police have been given a free hand in the investigation of the Praveen Nettaru murder case. The investigation is in progress. The killers will be nabbed very soon,” the Chief Minister told mediapersons today. The CM said that the process to hand over the investigation to the NIA is on. “Technical and paperwork is in the process. The case would soon be handed over to the NIA,” he said.
“The NIA has already been intimated informally. They are engaged in gathering preliminary information in Mangaluru and Kerala,” Bommai said. Responding to a question, the CM said that he plans to visit the families of Masood and Fazil in Bellare village and Suratkal, respectively soon. The two were also killed recently in the state.
On July 26, BJP Yuva Morcha worker Praveen Nettaru was hacked to death with lethal weapons by unidentified people on a bike in Bellare, Dakshina Kannada.
Masood, an 18-year old who lived near Bellare village, was hacked to death on July 19. Days later, in the same taluk, a few bike-borne men attacked BJP Yuva Morcha member Praveen Nettaru. The next day, on July 28, a man named Mohammed Fazil was killed in Surathkal. (ANI)