Bengaluru BJP MLA Byrathi Basavaraj booked over rowdy's murder

Bengaluru: BJP MLA Byrathi Basavaraj is among five people booked by police in eastern Bengaluru after a rowdy was hacked to death on Tuesday evening, police said.

Shivakumar alias Biklu Shivu, 40, a resident of Halasuru, was fatally attacked by four machete-wielding men who rode up on motorcycles near his home in Meanee Avenue Road in Bharathinagar.

Police have named Basavaraj, Jagadish, Kiran, Vimal and Anil following a complaint from Shivakuamar’s mother, who alleged that the murder was the result of a property dispute and that the assailants were encouraged by the BJP MLA.

The Bharathinagar police have opened a case under BNS Section 103 related to murder. A probe is under way.