Karnataka BJP MLA booked in rowdy sheeter’s homicide

BJP MLA and former Minister Byrathi Basavaraj has been booked in reference to the homicide of a realtor, in entrance of his mom, police mentioned on Wednesday (July 16, 2025).

The assailants got here in a automotive and murdered Shivaprakash alias Biklu Shivu, a rowdy sheeter, in Bharathi Nagar within the metropolis on Tuesday (July 15, 2025) evening. The former Minister has been booked together with others, primarily based on a criticism filed by the mom of the deceased, police mentioned.

Shivaprakash’s mom, Vijayalakshmi, in her criticism, mentioned that she noticed eight to 9 individuals assaulting her son with iron rods and machetes. When his good friend tried to intervene, they hit him too with an iron rod.

“As I screamed, people from around began gathering. Those unknown individuals murdered my son and fled from the scene in a white Scorpio vehicle and a two-wheeler. I can identify them if I see them,” Ms. Vijayalakshmi mentioned in her criticism.

Top police officers, together with DCP D. Devaraj and Joint Commissioner Ramesh Banoth, visited the spot and confirmed that Shivakumar had an extended legal report with 11 circumstances registered towards him and a rowdy sheet opened in 2006.

The police registered a case towards Mr. Basavaraj together with Jagadeesh, Kiran, Vimal and Anil. The former minister has been added as accused quantity 5 within the FIR, police mentioned.

On February 11, Mr. Jagadeesh and Mr. Kiran encroached on Shivaprakash’s property in Kitaknoor and evicted the 2 feminine safety guards from there, Ms. Vijayalakshmi alleged.

The accused had been calling him on the cellphone and threatening her son, she charged.