Praveen Nettaru Murder: NIA raids SDPI, PFI leaders’ homes in Dakshina Kannada
SDPI secretary Shafi Bellare among three people taken in custody
Sullia: Officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) have raided the homes of leaders of the Popular Front of India (PFI) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) in connection with the murder of BJP activist Praveen Nettaru.
The homes of the leaders in various parts of the state including Dakshina Kannada, Mysuru and Hubballi, were raided on Saturday morning, as a part of the investigation, sources said.
Also, SDPI secretary Shafi Bellare, Bellare Gram Panchayat member Iqbal and Ibrahim, resident of Sullia, have reportedly been taken into custody.
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8 dead, dozens wounded in Russian strike on Ukraine's Odesa port
Kyiv (AP): Eight people were killed and 27 wounded in a Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa, southern Ukraine, late on Friday, Ukraine's Emergency Service said on Saturday morning.
Some of the wounded were on a bus at the epicentre of the overnight strike, the service said in a Telegram post. Trucks caught fire in the parking lot, and cars were also damaged.
The port was struck with ballistic missiles, said Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region.
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Elsewhere, Ukrainian forces hit a Russian warship and other facilities with drones, Ukraine's General Staff said in a statement on Saturday.
The nighttime attack on Friday hit the Russian warship “Okhotnik,” according to the statement posted to the Telegram messaging app.
The ship was patrolling in the Caspian Sea near an oil and gas production platform. The extent of the damage is still being clarified, the statement added.
A drilling platform at the Filanovsky oil and gas field in the Caspian Sea was also hit. The facility is operated by Russian oil giant Lukoil. Ukrainian drones also struck a radar system in the Krasnosilske area of Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
