Bengaluru: The CID officials have detained BJP MP Sriramulu’s gunman in connection with the death of KAS officer Bheema Nayak’s driver Ramesh Gowda, according to reliable sources.

The CID officials have detained gunman Chennabasappa Hosamae from Bellary after obtaining Nayak’s call records, in which they found that Nayak had made calls to Chennabasavappa.

The CID is probing allegations in Ramesh Gowda’s suicide note, which claims that Bheema Nayak had agreed to pay Rs 25 crore to BJP MP Sriramulu for a ticket to the Hagaribommanahalli constituency in the 2018 Assembly elections.

Ramesh Gowda’s suicide note also claimed that Sriramulu and Bheema Nayak knew each other since 2007, when Nayak was the Tahsildar of Bellary.

In addition, the agency is also probing Ramesh Gowda’s claim that Nayak helped mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy convert black money to white for his daughter’s grand wedding, the reports said.

Bheema Nayak was arrested from Kalburgi on December 11 and this is the latest detainment in the case.