The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has declared cash rewards of Rs 5 Lakh each on two Popular Front of India (PFI) members wanted in the murder of BJP’s Yuva Morcha leader Praveen Nattaru. The reward has been declared against Kadaje Mohammed Sherif, 53, and Masud KA, 40, both residents of Kannada district in Karnataka.
The NIA has made it clear that the identity of those sharing information will be kept secret. More than 10 accused persons have been arrested in the case so far, and the NIA has also declared a reward against four other absconding accused persons in this case, as efforts to arrest them continue. The case was initially registered at Bellare Police Station in Dakshina Kannada district on July 27 and re-registered by the NIA on August 4.
During several searched conducted earlier, the NIA claimed to have seized digital devices and incriminating documents from the houses of the accused and suspects. Three people had come in a vehicle on the night of July 26 and hacked 32-year-old Nettary to death outside his chicken shop off the Puttur Sullia Road at Bellare in Mangaluru. During the investigation, the state police found out the role of PFI and the matter was handed over to NIA following an order issued by Counter Terrorism and Counter Radicalisation division of the Ministryy of Home Affairs.
