On June 4, National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested an accused identified as Riyaz Yousaf Haarali alias Riyaz from Mumbai Airport in Maharashtra, in connection with the Praveen Nettaru murder case in Karnataka in July 2022, reports NIA. He returned to India from abroad on the directions of an accused absconder, Abdul Rahman. Riyaz along with Mansoor Pasha, another accused in the case, was involved in providing logistic support and a safe hideout to Mustafa Paichar, who is the ‘secretary’ of Popular Front of India (PFI), Puttur District service team, and a chief conspirator in the case. Both Mustafa Paichar and Mansoor Pasha were earlier arrested by NIA on May 10, 2024, from Sakleshpura in Hassan District of Karnataka. Since NIA took over the case on August 4, 2022, it has charge-sheeted against 21 accused persons and taken 19 into custody.