Royal Challengers Sports' marketing head, Nikhil Sosale, has challenged his arrest in connection with the Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede, claiming it was based on the chief minister's instructions. Sosale's petition to the Karnataka High Court alleges the arrest was arbitrary,

In a petition filed before the court, Nikhil Sosale termed his arrest arbitrary, illegal, and politically motivated.

RCB marketing and revenue head Nikhil Sosale had been arrested at the Bengaluru airport in the early hours of Friday in connection with the stampede at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium that had left 11 dead,