Lokayukta Raids Underway At KIADB Officer Narasimha Murthy's House In Karnataka

Lokayukta raids are underway at KIADB officer Narasimha Murthy's house in Karnataka.

Karnataka Lokayukta conducts raids at two different locations in the State.

Karnataka Lokayukta is conducting a raid at KIADB officer Narasimha Murthy's house in Tumkuru and also at the premises of the Sub Division project engineer of Nirmithi Kendra in Ranebennur, Haveri district, according to news agency ANI.

#WATCH | Karnataka: Lokayukta raids underway at KIADB officer Narasimha Murthy's house in Tumkuru. pic.twitter.com/GHtOAyDt40

— ANI (@ANI) May 31, 2023

#WATCH | Karnataka: Lokayukta conducts a raid at the premises of the Sub Division project engineer of Nirmithi Kendra in Ranebennur, Haveri district. pic.twitter.com/VuZ4tCFKRh

— ANI (@ANI) May 31, 2023

National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted raids at about 25 locations in Karnataka, Kerala and Bihar in the Popular Front of India (PFI) Phulwarisharif case, as reported by the news agency ANI. The raids were still underway at the premises of suspects linked to the conspiracy which pertains to the involvement of PFI and its leaders and cadres in violent and unlawful activities, who had assembled for that purpose in the Phulwarisharif area of Patna.

Earlier, six persons were arrested and several incriminating articles and documents related to PFI were seized in the instant case which was initially registered on July 12 last year at Phulwarisharif police station in Bihar's Patna district and re-registered by the NIA on July 22 last year.

The NIA also searched eight locations in Bihar's Motihari on February 4-5 this year and arrested two people who had arranged weapons and ammunition to carry out the killing. Those arrested were identified as Tanveer Raza alias Barkati and Md Abid alias Aryan.

The NIA then said that recce had already been conducted to execute a target and that the arms and ammunition had been handed over to a PFI Trainer, Yakoob, who had been conducting Training Sessions for PFI cadres, as reported by ANI. A few days back, Yakoob, the PFI trainer, had posted a derogatory and inflammatory Facebook video post, which was aimed at disturbing peace and communal harmony, the agency said.