Overview
- Police registered at least four cases, with one FIR naming Janardhana Reddy, his brother and former minister B. Sriramulu, and separate complaints also targeting Congress MLA Nara Bharath Reddy and associates.
- Preliminary findings indicate the bullet that killed Congress worker Rajashekar was fired from a private single-bore weapon rather than a police firearm, with five guns seized for FSL analysis.
- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah ordered an inquiry as ADGP R. Hitendra and IGP Vartika Katiyar reviewed CCTV and media footage to reconstruct the sequence of events.
- Ballari SP Pavan Nejjur was suspended for lapses in handling the violence, and in-charge SP Ranjit Kumar Bandaru said investigations are progressing without arrests so far.
- Police enforced prohibitory measures and deployed KSRP and DAR units after clashes over banner installation outside Janardhana Reddy’s residence escalated from stone-pelting to gunfire, triggering competing political allegations.