Bengaluru: R Sampath Raj’s bail plea to be heard today

BENGALURU: A

local court

on Thursday adjourned to Friday hearing of the bail petition of former mayor

R Sampath Raj

, arrested in connection with the east

Bengaluru violence

.


Sleuths from

Central Crime Branch

had on November 16 arrested Raj on charges of plotting a conspiracy to set

Congress MLA

Akhanda Srinivasamurthy’s DJ Halli house on fire.

On Thursday, Balan, counsel for Raj, argued the former mayor was innocent and had no role to play in the violence. However, public prosecutor Prasanna Kumar sought time to file objections.