Bengaluru, March 25 -- In a statement on Tuesday, the lawyer representing Ricky Rai, son of the late underworld figure Muthappa Rai, denied that his client was driving the Lamborghini seen performing drifting manoeuvres in a viral video from central Bengaluru, days after the police had seized the high-end car and sent a notice to Rai, asking him to appear for questioning.

The video, widely circulated on social media, shows a high-end car performing repeated doughnuts and sharp turns at Anil Kumble Circle on March 21. The footage prompted the Cubbon Park traffic police to register a suo moto case and seize the vehicle.

Authorities had initially suspected that Rai was behind the wheel. However, his lawyer, Narayana Swamy, rejected the cla...