India, May 4 -- Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Sunday firmly ruled out handing over the investigation into the murder of Hindutva activist Suhas Shetty in Mangaluru to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), rejecting the demand raised by BJP MP Tejasvi Surya and other party leaders.

"This is their opinion. Our stand is clear - the police are doing their job efficiently. Eight arrests have been made already, and the investigation is progressing well," Parameshwara told reporters in Bengaluru, responding to the BJP's call for central intervention.

Suhas Shetty, a rowdy sheeter with multiple criminal cases and a known Hindutva activist, was hacked to death late Thursday night by an unidentified group within Bajpe police statio...