New Delhi, July 12 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday arrested two key absconders in connection with the brutal targeted killing of local BJP leader Praveen Nettaru by cadres of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in Karnataka in 2022, as per a press release.

Abdul Nasir P, also known as Nasir and Naushad, were nabbed respectively from Kochi (Kerala) and Hosur (Tamil Nadu) on Saturday in a meticulous operation carried out across the two states based on credible information from Andhra Pradesh police.

With this, the total number of arrests in the case goes up to 24, with three accused still absconding.

"NIA had earlier chargesheeted Abdul Nasir and Naushad in RC-36/2022/NIA/DLI (Praveen Nettaru Muder Case) under va...