Praveen Nettaru murder case: NIA announces Rs 5 lakh bounty on two PFI members for killing BJP Yuva Morcha leader

Unidentified assailants attacked Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha worker Praveen Nettaru with sharp weapons in Dakshina Kannada of Karnataka.

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New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) announced a bounty reward against two Popular Front of India (PFI) members who are wanted under a case related to the murder of Praveen Nettaru. According to NIA's wanted poster, both the terror associates are residents of Karnataka.

The NIA declared a Rs 5 lakh each against two PFI members- Kodaje Mohammed Sherif, 53, and Masud KA, 40. NIA in its bounty poster stated, "Whosoever provides any information leading to the arrest of the above-mentioned accused persons shall be rewarded." The NIA stated that the informer's identity will be kept secret

National Investigation Agency (NIA) has declared a reward of Rs 5 lakh each against two Popular Front of India (PFI) members- Kodaje Mohammed Sherif, 53, and Masud KA, 40, both residents of Kannada district in Karnataka. pic.twitter.com/PnGeyF5IDt — ANI (@ANI) January 20, 2023

Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha worker Praveen Nettaru was killed by unidentified assailants On July 26, 2022, on his way home. The unidentified assailants were on a bike in Bellari, Dakshina Kannada of Karnataka, and attacked Nettaru with sharp weapons. 

Meanwhile, NIA also claimed to file a chargesheet against two accused persons affiliated with Al-Qaeda in a case pertaining to a conspiracy to send youth to Kashmir and Khorasan, Afghanistan to undergo terrorist training.