HJV demands NIA probe into Suhas Shetty murder, alleges PFI involvement and political interference

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, May 6, 2025: Stating that Karnataka State Police are not incompetent to probe the Suhas Shetty murder, the Hindu Jagarana Vedike (HJV) said the political leadership does not allow the force to go to the root of the issue and eliminate internal terrorism.

Therefore, the HJV, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and other like-minded organisations want a thorough probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to bring out the role of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in the Suhas Shetty murder. By looking at the modus operandi of the assailants, there is no doubt that it was funded and executed by the PFI, said HJV State unit president K.T. Ullas to reporters in Mangaluru on May 5.

Alleging that two of the PFI activists accused in the 2015 murder of Prashanth Poojary at Moodbidri were present at the scene of crime in Bajpe, Mr. Ullas said the way the assailants left the place without any hurry, and escorted by two women, indicated that they had support from the local people. Two Hindus from Kalasa were involved in the murder just to negate the communal angle, he said adding inquiry by HJV in Kalasa revealed that the two did not have any rivalry against Suhas Shetty.

“Of late, PFI was learnt to have adopted a strategy to involve a few Hindus on payment while executing its terror agenda to divert attention of the people from its real mission,” Mr. Ullas alleged. “Suhas Shetty’s murder was not just a revenge killing, as claimed by the police, he claimed.

“There is a larger conspiracy behind the murder, to cause communal unrest in the region. Prime accused Abdul Safwan was a tenant of a PFI activist,” he added.