NIA to Probe Murder Case of Mangaluru Hindu Activist Suhas Shetty

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will probe the case of Hindu activist Suhas Shetty in Karnataka’s Mangaluru, who was hacked to death by a group of assailants on May 1.

The NIA will now probe Shetty’s murder case after it received an order from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The probe agency will take police remand of all the eight arrested accused and question them in detail about the case.

The development came after the BJP petitioned Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot seeking direction to the State government to transfer the case to NIA for probe last month. Accusing the Congress government of adopting a soft stance over such cases, the BJP had said only an NIA probe could provide justice.

Earlier, Sulochana Shetty, mother of slain activist had also urged the state government to transfer the investigation of her son’s murder case to the probe agency.

Sulochana had expressed concern about the state government’s handling of her son’s murder investigation, and had claimed that authorities were impeding a thorough inquiry into the case.