The murder incident took place on October 23, when a vegetable seller was shot dead by two unidentified assailants and a case under section 103 (murder) and Arms Act was registered at Police station Dwarka North.
The minister, who is himself a playwright and theatre artist also enquired if they would be ready to renounce awards given by the Centre.
The accused was hiding at a relative’s house to evade his arrest in the murder case, added police.
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal against the Karnataka High Court's December 7, 2023 order granting bail to Mohan Nayak N, an accused in the 2017 murder case of journalist-turned-activist Gauri Lankesh.
According to the police, on August 19, the special staff team received a tip-off about the presence of two accused persons wanted by the UP Police in connection with the murder of a man named Vinay.
The incident occurred when a team of forest department was carrying out patrolling inside Similipal sanctuary
Petitioner Suneetha Narreddy challenged the May 31 Telangana High Court order granting anticipatory bail to Avinash Reddy in the murder of her father Y S Vivekanand Reddy.
Earlier, Avinash Reddy, who has been interrogated by the CBI several times, was being treated as a witness in the murder case.
Wife of late BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai who was murdered in Ghazipur in 2005 allegedly by gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari.
The CBI will record the entire interrogation of Avinash Reddy and submit it to the court which will hear the matter again on 25 April.
