Pramesh S Jain
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on tuesday said that it has filed a chargesheet against four more accused in the alleged 2022 murder of BJP Yuva Morcha member Praveen Nettaru by cadres of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI).
Among the four,three are absconding,the agency said.
In its second supplementary chargesheet,NIA has charged Abdul Nasir,Naushad,Abdul Rahaman and Ateeq Ahmed under relevant sections of IPC and UA(P) Act,1967,taking the total number of chargesheeted accused in the case to 27,including six absconders.
“Three of the four chargesheeted today are among the absconders.They have been identified as Abdul Nasir, Naushad and Abdul Rahaman,”the agency said.
As per NIA investigations,the trio had provided shelter to the three main assailants in Mysore and Chamarajanagara districts of Karnataka and Erode district of Tamil Nadu.
Abdul Nasir and Abdul Rahaman were also involved in harbouring accused Thufail in Bengaluru.
“After the fatal attack on Praveen Nettaru,accused Ateeq and deceased Kalandar had conspired and harboured Mustafa Paichar in Chennai in 2022-23.
Accused Abdul Rahaman had escaped to a Foreign country and guided accused Riyaz in harbouring Mustafa Paichar subsequently,in 2024.
“Nettaru was killed with sharp weapons on July 26,2022, in Bellare village of Sullia Taluk in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka.
NIA,which had taken over the probe from the state police,is trying to track down the absconding accused as part of its ongoing investigation in the case,” it added.
