Kumaraswamy denies link to phone in Siddaramaiah sting probe

Union minister HD Kumaraswamy denied police claims that a phone used to upload a sting video targeting former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah was handed over at his Delhi residence, saying accused Ritesh Pandey was arrested in Ghaziabad. Bengaluru police chief Seemant Kumar Singh said the phone was given to Prajwal Prasad there. Kumaraswamy accused the state of a cover-up.