Bengaluru, June 10 -- Nikhil Sosale, marketing and revenue head of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), on Monday alleged that his arrest in connection with the June 4 stadium stampede was carried out not as part of a lawful investigation, but under direct orders from chief minister Siddaramaiah.

Sosale's legal team told the Karnataka high court that he was detained by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) at 4.30 am at the airport, bypassing the Cubbon Park police who initially filed the case. They further contended that the arrest lacked legal justification since the probe had already been transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). "This arrest did not happen on the basis of any investigation but on orders of the CM," the couns...