"Will take decision today": Parameshwara on Centre's request to transfer Suhas Shetty's murder case to NIA
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 9 (ANI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Monday said that the Central Home Ministry has sent a letter to the state government asking it to hand over the Suhas Shetty murder case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), and a decision on it will be taken soon.
Speaking to the mediapersons, Parameshwara said, 'The Central Home Ministry has written a letter to the State government to hand over the case of the murder of Suhas Shetty to the NIA. I believe yesterday the letter came, I learn that from the Director General of police (DGP), and today, we are going to decide on it...'
Shetty, a prominent right-wing youth leader associated with the Bajrang Dal in Karnataka's coastal belt, was brutally murdered last month in Sullia town of Dakshina Kannada district. The activist, in his early 30s, was attacked by unidentified assailants while returning home late at night. He succumbed to his injuries on the spot.
The incident triggered widespread protests in the region, with local Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) units alleging a targeted killing.
Meanwhile, Karnataka BJP President BY Vijayendra targeted the Siddaramaiah government over the murder of former Bajrang Dal activist Suhas Shetty.
He called the Congress government 'anti-Hindu' and alleged that the Hindu activists have been constantly attacked in the state.
Speaking to ANI on Monday, Vijayendra said, 'Hindu karyakartas have been consistently attacked here in the state ever since Congress has come to power... Due to the appeasement politics of the Siddaramaiah government, no action has been taken so far against any organisation or anti-national elements... In the recent Suhas Shetty murder case, the Home Minister was forced to cancel his visit to Suhas Shetty's house. This Siddaramaiah government is anti-Hindu.'
He added that the party workers had met the Governor of Karnataka, Thaawar Chand Gehlot, and demanded that the investigation be transferred to the National Investigating Agency (NIA), which the Centre agreed to. (ANI)
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