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At 10:15 am on August 30, businessman Ravi Prakash, 65, was leaving his farmhouse near Bengaluru when a group of unidentified men blocked his route, assaulted him, and forced him into a car. By noon, his family had filed an abduction report with the Bengaluru police. However, unbeknownst to them, Prakash was already in Andhra Pradesh Police custody for an attempt-to-murder case.

The Andhra Pradesh Police confirmed that Prakash was arrested in connection with the Mydukur Police Station case and is now in judicial custody. He is the fifth accused in the case. The Bengaluru police registered an FIR based on the family's complaint, naming Telugu Desam Party MLA Putta Sudhakar and Dr. Ravikumar, with whom Prakash had a property dispute, along with unidentified individuals.

Prakash's family alleged that the incident was a result of a longstanding property dispute between Prakash and Sudhakar. According to the FIR filed by his wife, Sabina, the men blocked their vehicle and assaulted him, forcing him into another vehicle. She claimed she was also assaulted while trying to intervene and that the incident was captured on CCTV cameras at their home.

Despite receiving the complaint, the Bengaluru police were unable to locate Prakash. They later intercepted a vehicle near Bagepalli in Chikkaballapur district, close to the Andhra Pradesh border. The occupants claimed to be Andhra Pradesh Police personnel, informing the Bengaluru police that they had taken Prakash into custody for the attempt-to-murder case.

However, the procedure for taking him into custody was not followed as the men were not in uniform and the Bengaluru police had not been informed about the detention or the Andhra Pradesh Police team's entry into Karnataka. The police are investigating the circumstances of Prakash's arrest, having seized the vehicle used in the incident.