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After the High Court of Karnataka denied anticipatory bail to erstwhile Minister and MLA for K.R. Puram Byrathi Basavaraj successful the realtor ‘Bikla’ Shiva execution case, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) formed aggregate peculiar teams and began a hunt for the legislator. At the clip of going to print, the CID was yet to marque a breakthrough connected Tuesday night.
This is not the archetypal clip that the MLA has been absconding. In December, 2025, during the Winter Session of the legislature successful Belagavi, the MLA went underground aft the High Court portion providing him alleviation from the Karnataka Control of Organised Crime Act, 2000, asked him to attack the sessions tribunal for anticipatory bail. During the intervening time, the CID was looking for him, but helium remained elusive. The sessions tribunal denied him anticipatory bail, which helium challenged successful the High Court, which gave him extortion from apprehension till last orders, which came retired connected Tuesday.
CID sources said aggregate teams were looking for the MLA some successful Bengaluru and extracurricular arsenic well. It had questioned immoderate of his associates to ascertain his location.
Sources said that determination were chances of the MLA approaching the Supreme Court challenging the High Court bid and helium mightiness effort to stay elusive till alleviation successful the apex court.
