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

BENGALURU: The

high court

adjourned to Friday the hearing of former mayor

R Sampath Raj

’s

bail petition

. He was arrested for alleged involvement in the east

Bengaluru violence

on August 11.


Arrested by

Central Crime Branch

sleuths on November 16, Raj was sent to Central Prison four days later. A trial court rejected his bail plea on December 1, prompting him to move the high court.

On Wednesday, the HC issued notices to

CCB

and Congress MLA Akhanda Srinivasamurthy, whose house was set on fire allegedly by Raj and his associates and triggering the riots. CCB police have arrested 45 people for the arson and subsequent violence.