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NDTV
02-08-2025
- NDTV
NIA Raids 14 Locations In Karnataka In Hindu Activist Suhas Shetty Murder Case
The sleuths of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) are conducting simultaneous raids at 14 locations on Saturday across Mangaluru district in connection with Hindu activist and rowdy sheeter Sushas Shetty murder case. Sources confirmed that the raids are being conducted at 10 locations in Bajpe and four locations in Suathkal towns. The raids are underway at many residences and offices at these locations. The authorities are conducting a search of the properties and verifying documents. The murder case of Sushas Shetty has triggered revenge killings and a series of stabbing incidents in the coastal region, and communal tension threatened to spread to other regions of the state. The Karnataka Police had arrested 12 accused persons in connection with the case. Following the demand by BJP leaders and Union Ministers from the state, the Centre has handed over the probe to the NIA. The BJP has alleged a foreign hand and the role of the banned PFI outfit behind the murder. The parents of Suhas Shetty have also emphasised that only the NIA probe could give them justice in the case. Hindu activist Suhas Shetty was hacked to death on May 1 by a gang using machetes and swords. The killers who came in two vehicles had attacked him while he was travelling in his car with associates in the limits of the Bajpe police station. The shocking video of the killing had raised concerns. Suhas Shetty was a Bajrang Dal activist and the prime accused in the murder of Mohammad Fazil, a resident of Suratkal. Shetty and his associates had allegedly killed Fazil at a public place on July 28, 2022, in retaliation for the murder of BJP activist Praveen Kumar Nettaru. Nettaru, a BJP worker from the same communally sensitive region, was hacked to death during the height of the 'hijab' row. The incident occurred in Bellare near Sullia in the Dakshina Kannada district. Nataru's murder had triggered revenge killings and a spate of stabbing incidents across the state. Suhas Shetty had come out of prison on bail in the murder case of Fazil. Weeks after the killing of Suhas Shetty, a 42-year-old Imtiyaz, a pickup driver and secretary of a local mosque, was hacked to death in broad daylight near Ira Kodi in Bantwal taluk in Mangaluru as revenge for Suhas Shetty's murder.
Indian Express
18-06-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
NHRC orders probe into BJP MLA's allegation of police harassing Hindu group workers in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Tuesday ordered its director general (Investigation) to probe allegations of police harassment against workers of Hindu organisations in the Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka in the wake of the twin murders in May, with a report required within two weeks. BJP MLA Dr Bharath Shetty Y from Mangaluru City North filed the complaint, alleging unconstitutional surveillance and harassment of law-abiding citizens and social workers from Hindu organisations. The complaint alleged systematic late-night police visits after 11 pm targeting people with no criminal background or pending cases. The police increased surveillance in the communally sensitive Dakshina Kannada district after the murder of Bajrang Dal leader Sushas Shetty in Mangaluru on May 1 and that of Abdul Rahiman, a resident of Kolthamajalu in Bantwal taluk, on May 27. During these visits, the police allegedly photographed subjects, recorded GPS coordinates, and conducted interrogations without presenting legal warrants or notices. The MLA's complaint said the district's superintendent of police publicly defended these actions in a video statement, claiming the surveillance was necessary to monitor communal complaint further alleged that the SP threatened action against anyone who questioned his conduct, prompting the NHRC to intervene. N HRC Deputy Registrar (Law) Mukesh has instructed the DG (investigation) to deploy an officer for an on-site inquiry. The investigation will involve recording statements from alleged victims, examining police records, and interviewing those affected by the alleged harassment. Last month, the Dakshina Kannada police issued proposed banishment notices from the district for more than 40 people, which included both Hindus and Muslims. They were identified as habitual offenders or those involved in repeated anti-social activities. Shobha Karandlaje, Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment; and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, then wrote a letter to Justice N K Sudhindra Rao, the chairman of the Police Complaints Authority, stating the Congress government was targeting people associated with Hindu organisations.
