Slain BJP Worker Praveen Nettaru's Wife Loses Job As Karnataka Govt Changes Hands

With the change of government in Karnataka, Nuthana Kumari, wife of the slain Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) leader Praveen Nettaru, has lost her job at the deputy commissioner's office in Mangaluru.

An order has been issued relieving Kumari from service, sources said. She was appointed on contract basis after the murder of Praveen Nettaru in July last year on humanitarian grounds, as per the request of BJP state president and Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel.

The BJP government had on September 22, 2022 issued an order appointing her as senior assistant (Group C) at the office of the then Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

Later, on Kumari's request, she was posted at the Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner's office and had reported to duty on October 14 last year.

The appointment order given at the time stated that she will be in service until the present chief minister is in office or until further orders.