India, June 17 -- The Karnataka High Court (HC) has ordered the immediate release of Gameskraft cofounders Vikas Taneja, Deepak Singh and Prithviraj Singh, calling their arrest by the ED illegal.

"The writ petitions are allowed.and arrests of the petitioners are declared to be contrary to law. In consequence thereof, the petitioners shall be set at liberty forthwith.registry directed to intimate the prison authorities to release the petitioners from jail," Live Law quoted Justice M Nagaprasanna as saying in an order passed yesterday.

The three cofounders had moved the Karnataka HC challenging their arrest by the ED on May 7 in a money laundering case.

Earlier, a sessions court had sent them to judicial custody till June 2, 2026.

Notab...