India, Oct. 23 -- A Bengaluru court will on Friday take up a news channel head's anticipatory bail application in connection with a purported sting operation targeting ruling Congress leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah.

Police said Rakesh Shetty, the channel head, was taken into custody from a hotel in Mysuru on Wednesday night and brought to Bengaluru for questioning early on Thursday. Shetty, who had been staying at the hotel for four days, was questioned and asked to appear for further questioning.

The Bengaluru court adjourned the hearing in Shetty's anticipatory bail application to Friday.

Karnataka's Cyber Crime Division has been investigating the case over the past week after Siddaramaiah filed a complaint over the pu...