Bengaluru, July 16: An FIR has been registered against five people including BJP MLA Bhairati Basavaraj in the murder case of rowdy sheeter Biklu Shiva. Based on the complaint filed by Biklu Shiva's mother Vijayalakshmi, an FIR has been registered against Jagadish, Vimal, Kiran, Anil, Bhairati Basavaraj at the Bharathi Nagar police station in Bengaluru. It has been alleged that Bhairati Basavaraj abetted the murder.
Bhairati Basavaraj says I don't know as God is a witness
K.R. Puram BJP MLA Bhairati Basavaraj gave a statement to TV9 regarding this, saying that I have nothing to do with the Biklu Shiva murder case. I have no information about the murdered person. As soon as I filed the complaint, a case was suddenly registered against me. She said that she had no information about this case.
What happened?
On Tuesday night, at around 8.30 pm, Biklu Shiva came out of his house and stood on the footpath. At this time, 7 to 8 thugs who were waiting in a Scorpio car near the house attacked Biklu Shiva. They covered him so that he could not escape and attacked him. Finally, they hit him with deadly weapons when he was caught between the cars parked on the road. Thus, Biklu Shiva breathed his last on the spot.
There was a fight between rowdy sheeter Biklu Shiva and BJP MLA Bhairathi Basavaraj's boys over the land issue. Biklu Shiva, who had got survey no. 212 GPA done near Kittaganahalli, was threatening to cancel it and give up his position. Rowdy sheeter Shivaprakash's friends had captured the video on his mobile phone.
In this regard, Biklu Shiva had earlier filed a complaint with the Bangalore City Police Commissioner against MLA Bhairati Basavaraj, Jagadish alias Jagga and Kiran's associates. An FIR was also registered at Bharathinagar Police Station. Biklu Shiva was murdered within 4 months of filing the complaint with the Police Commissioner. The police have expressed suspicion that the murder was committed by the same gang.