A special court hearing cases against elected representatives has extended by 45 days the period for filing a chargesheet in a case under the Karnataka Control of Organised Crime Act (KCOCA), 2000, in which BJP MLA Byrathi Basavaraj is among the accused for the murder of a Bengaluru realtor.

The special court on Friday partially accepted a plea by a Special Investigation Team of the CID police seeking a 90-day extension to file the chargesheet in the KCOCA case related to the July 15 murder of real estate operator V G Shivaprakash alias Bikla Shiva, 44, on a public street in east Bengaluru . The KCOCA provides 180 days for filing the chargesheet.

Shiva was murdered by a group of assailants wearing helmets over an alleged property dispute with associates of Basavaraj, the BJP MLA from

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