Overview
- Basavaraj was detained at Bengaluru airport on February 12 after the Supreme Court permitted withdrawal of his plea only with surrender, and he is listed as Accused No. 5 in the FIR.
- The special court ordered a cardiac revaluation and will decide on the CID’s nine-day remand request after the MLA is produced at the judge’s home office.
- The CID cites call records, location data and photographs to show links between Basavaraj and prime accused Jagadish, including a shared trip to Prayagraj in February 2025, and alleges he misled investigators.
- Businessman-advocate A G Ajeeth Kumar, a close associate of the MLA, was arrested after his interim bail was canceled and has been remanded to six days of police custody.
- Police say the July 15, 2025 attack outside V G Shivaprakash’s home stemmed from a Kithaganur land dispute, and a December chargesheet named 18 of 20 accused, excluding Basavaraj and Ajeeth Kumar.