India, July 20 -- In a significant development in the murder case of a rowdy-sheeter-turned-realtor, BJP MLA Byrathi Basavaraj appeared before the police on Saturday and was questioned for over three hours. The inquiry follows the Karnataka High Court's directive, issued a day earlier, instructing the legislator to join the investigation on July 19.

The case pertains to the brutal killing of Shivaprakash alias Biklu Shivu (40), who was hacked to death in Bharathi Nagar, Bengaluru, on Tuesday night. Police have so far arrested five individuals, Jagadish, Kiran, Vimal, Anil, and Fredrick, in connection with the crime.

A senior police official confirmed that the MLA was questioned extensively. "He appeared as instructed and was interrogate...