The footage, recorded during rush hour, shows the BMTC electric bus driver scrolling through his phone while driving through traffic.

It was the founder of Bengaluru, Kempegowda I, who built the temple, some 3 km south of his walled city.

The arrests include mastermind Chirag Kapoor, also known as Chintak Raj, a resident of JP Nagar in Bengaluru, who claimed to be a software engineer.