Overview
- An ACJM judge granted the CID custody until February 21 after the MLA was produced at the judge’s residence in Koramangala.
- CID officers arrested Basavaraj at Bengaluru’s airport after he arrived from Ahmedabad following the Supreme Court’s February 12 rejection of his bail plea.
- Doctors at Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital referred him to Jayadeva Institute for cardiac evaluation, where he was found stable and discharged on Sunday.
- Basavaraj is named among the accused in the July 15, 2025 killing of realtor Shivaprakash, known as Bikla Shiva, as the CID continues its investigation.
- Senior BJP leaders led by state president B. Y. Vijayendra visited his K. R. Puram residence to express solidarity and urged party workers to remain calm.