Overview
- The government appointed P. S. Harsha as Ballari range IGP and Suman D. Pennekar as district SP after suspending SP Pavan Nejjur and transferring DIG Vartika Katiyar.
- Forensic analysis linked the bullet that killed Congress worker Rajashekhar Reddy to a weapon of Gurucharan (Gurukreet) Singh, a private gunman attached to a Congress MLA’s aide; he has been arrested and remanded.
- A special court remanded 26 people to 14 days’ judicial custody, with six complaints and counter-complaints filed at the Brucepet police station.
- Home minister G. Parameshwara denied that a second autopsy was conducted, countering H. D. Kumaraswamy’s allegation as the JD(S) leader continued to press for a CBI probe.
- Deputy chief minister D. K. Shivakumar said private guns have been seized in Ballari and indicated plans to frame stricter rules for gun ownership.