When a huge throng rushed outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium following Royal Challengers Bengaluru‘s (RCB) historic IPL 2025 triumph, a terrible stampede broke out, killing 11 people and injured numerous others.
Four people involved in the incident were thereafter taken into custody by Karnataka police. Nikhil Sosale, the Head of Marketing and Revenue at Diageo India for the RCB, was arrested at the Bengaluru airport while he was departing for Mumbai. Notably, Sosale was recognised as a key player in the celebration’s organisational elements.
Additionally, three DNA Entertainment Networks Pvt. Ltd. personnel were arrested: Sumanth, Sunil Mathew, Vice President of Business Affairs, and Kiran Kumar, Senior Event Manager. The event planner in charge of organising the victory procession and public meeting was DNA Entertainment.
RCB, DNA Entertainment, and the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) were previously charged with a number of charges, including culpable homicide that is not murder, in a formal complaint.
In addition, when authorities tried to go to the homes of the KSCA treasurer and secretary, they were allegedly escaping.
A number of high-ranking police officers, including Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda, Additional Commissioner Vikash Kumar Vikash, and numerous officers from Cubbon Park Police Station, were suspended concurrently by CM Siddaramaiah on the grounds that they had failed to maintain public safety.
A one-man judicial panel headed by retired High Court judge Justice Michael D’Cunha has been tasked by the Karnataka government with conducting the probe. The commission has 30 days to submit its findings. As directed by the state cabinet, a CID probe has been added to the investigation.
The Karnataka High Court has also taken suo motu cognisance of the tragedy and is requesting comprehensive explanations from the government about crowd control measures, event permits, and the rationale behind the decision to permit unrestricted public admission without adequate infrastructure.
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