India, Nov. 1 -- The mobile phone allegedly used in the sting operation targeting former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was purchased in New Delhi and changed hands at the official residence of Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy there, Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh said on Sunday.

The handover took place on the instructions of one Prajwal Prasad, who was present at the Union Minister's residence, he said, citing the statement of arrested accused Ritesh Pandey.

Pandey, a Delhi-based man was arrested on October 24 in connection with uploading the video of an alleged sting operation on social media, marking the first arrest in the case. He was apprehended by Bengaluru Police's Central Crime Branch (CCB) in Delhi and w...