Overview
- Four FIRs have been registered, including cases naming BJP MLA G. Janardhana Reddy, with separate complaints also filed against Congress MLA Nara Bharath Reddy and his associates.
- Police have seized at least five private firearms from both camps and sent the weapons to the Forensic Science Laboratory for ballistic comparison.
- Preliminary findings indicate the bullet that killed Congress worker Rajashekar did not come from a police weapon, and CCTV and media footage are being examined.
- Ballari SP Pavan Nejjur has been suspended over his handling of the unrest as additional KSRP and DAR units enforce security and precautionary orders in the city.
- Political recriminations intensified with demands for a judicial probe, the Valmiki statue event was postponed in the interest of law and order, and no arrests were announced.