Ballia, May 22 -- Raj Singh, who was arrested in connection with the murder case of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari's personal assistant Chandranath Rath, has alleged that he was wrongly arrested, mistaken for another person with the same name and later released following a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe that found no link between him and the case.

Speaking to ANI after his release, Raj said he was picked up by the police while returning from Ayodhya with his mother. He alleged that he was not shown any evidence at the time of arrest and was pressured to confess to a crime he did not commit.

"I was wrongfully arrested, mistaken with another Raj Kumar Singh. I had gone to Ayodhya with my mother for darshan. While...