Overview
- A Karnataka court ordered judicial custody through Feb. 26 following the CID arrest, and the MLA has been lodged at Bengaluru Central Prison.
- He was detained at Kempegowda International Airport after the High Court denied anticipatory bail and the Supreme Court declined relief.
- The case stems from the July 15, 2025 killing of realtor V. G. Shivaprakash in Halasuru, with Basavaraj listed as the fifth accused in the FIR.
- CID prosecutors told the court that evidence shows he concealed facts and that interrogation is needed to examine alleged ties to prime accused Jagadeesh alias Jagga and a wider plot.
- The BJP alleges political targeting as police dispute the victim’s mother’s later claim she did not name the MLA, and the CID has chargesheeted 18 of 20 accused with associate A. G. Ajeeth Kumar also in custody.