Bengaluru, Jan. 5 -- The Karnataka government is considering transferring the investigation into the violent clashes in Ballari to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Meanwhile, police said on Sunday that 26 people have been arrested in connection with the case while two private gunmen accused of firing the bullet that killed a 28-year-old Congress worker have been detained. The violence had broken out between supporters of BJP MLA G Janardhana Reddy and Congress MLA Nara Bharath Reddy on January 1 after a dispute over the installation of a political banner near Janardhan's residence in Ballari city escalated into stone pelting and firing. Police said they had arrested 26 people in connection with multiple incidents of violence, linked to disputes over banners. "Based on evidence collected during the investigation, including witness statements and video footage, police traced and arrested 26 accused and produced them in a court," police said in a statement. Home minister G Parameshwara said on Sunday that the option of handing over the case to the CID was under active consideration, a day after police detained Baljit and Gurucharan Singh, identified by officers as a private gunman whose revolver was allegedly used in the firing. Police officers familiar with the investigation said Gurucharan had been among four private gunmen summoned for questioning over the past two days. Investigators determined that the bullet that killed Rajashekhar, was fired from a revolver carried by Gurucharan....