Overview

• Jagadish Padmanabha, 42, was detained after international alerts led Thai and Sri Lankan authorities to flag his travel, prompting his arrest on arrival in Delhi.
• CID officers brought him to Bengaluru and a magistrate remanded him to 10 days of police custody, with investigators seizing a mobile phone.
• Police say he is accused of orchestrating the July 15 killing of V. G. Shivaprakash outside Ulsoor Lake over a dispute involving 1.5 acres in Kithaganur valued at about ₹40 crore.
• Basavaraj remains named in the FIR and has been questioned, with High Court protection from arrest in place as police examine alleged links including calls involving his aide.
• KCOCA has been invoked in a case that now counts 17 arrests, and CID sources say surveillance of the victim began months before the attack.