India, June 9 -- The marketing head for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) claimed on Monday that he was arrested over the stampede incident based on the orders by Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah.

Speaking before the Karnataka high courts, lawyers for Nikhil Sosale stated that no official grounds for his arrest were declared by officials.

The petitioner argued that Cubbon Park Police could not have made the arrest as the Bengaluru stampede case had been transferred to the CID.

"In our cases arrest has taken at 4.30 am and not by Cubbon park but by CCB at the airport. This arrest has not happened on the basis of any investigation but on orders of the CM," the lawyer told Karnataka HC.

After the hearing, the Attorney General stated...