BENGALURU, Feb. 16 -- BJP MLA Byrathi Basavaraj was on Sunday remanded to seven days of CID custody in connection with a murder case.

A judge of the 42nd Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court granted the Criminal Investigation Department seven days' custody of Basavaraj until February 21. The former minister has been named as one of the accused in the murder of Shivaprakash alias Bikla Shiva, a realtor-cum-repeat offender, who was killed on July 15 last year.

Basavaraj was produced before the magistrate at the judge's residence in Koramangala after undergoing cardiac evaluation at the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research. Doctors found his condition stable and discharged him on Sunday.

He had been arreste...