Praveen murder: NIA announces surrender deadline for accused
Mangaluru (PTI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths visited the house of K A Masood, one of the absconding accused in the BJP youth wing activist Praveen Nettaru murder case, at Nekkiladi village in Uppinangady and pasted the court notice asking him to surrender before August 18.
The NIA officials also announced on Sunday the deadline on public address system at Uppinangady in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district that the house of Masood will be attached if he does not surrender to the court within the given deadline.
Similar announcement was made by the sleuths in Sullia on Saturday after issuing the new deadline for surrender of the five accused in the case who are absconding.
The sleuths also pasted the court notice at the bus stand in Nekkiladi village.
Masood, who was the state leader of the now-banned Popular Front of India (PFI), is arraigned as the fifth accused in the murder case. Uppinangady police personnel assisted the NIA officials in pasting the notices at Masood's house and the bus stand, police sources said.
The NIA had earlier set June 28 as the deadline for the five accused to surrender or face confiscation of their property. The fresh deadline of August 18 was issued two days back.
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Mangaluru: Bajpe police arrests young man for alleged derogatory posts against police
Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.
The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.
According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.
Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.
Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.
After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.
