The Bengaluru metropolis police Friday arrested 4 individuals, together with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) advertising head, once they had been making an attempt to board a flight from the Kempegowda Worldwide Airport within the metropolis.
The arrests got here within the wake of the loss of life of 11 individuals in a stampede exterior the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday throughout the felicitation occasion for the RCB following their Indian Premier League (IPL) championship victory.
The arrested have been recognized as Nikhil Sosale, advertising head of RCB, and Sunil Mathew, Sumanth and Kiran Kumar of DNA Leisure Non-public Restricted. The accused had been produced earlier than the Justice of the Peace and have been despatched to judicial custody for 14 days.
The state authorities additionally relieved Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s political secretary, Okay Govindaraju, from his publish. Additional, Hemant M Nimbalkar, Extra Director Basic of Police (ADGP) of state intelligence, has been changed by S Ravi.
In accordance with a police officer, Sosale has been accused of sharing social media posts concerning the victory parade and free passes earlier than the police had permitted them. The three others had been liable for safety inside Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Nikhil Sosale is the advertising head of RCB.
Raids had been performed Friday morning on the residences of Karnataka State Cricket Affiliation (KSCA) members, however none had been arrested.
Additionally, two extra FIRs had been registered based mostly on the statements of the injured who’re presently admitted to the Bowring and Woman Curzon hospital. In whole, three First Data Reviews (FIRs) have been registered in reference to the stampede until now.
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The street to Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru the place the group had gathered. (Specific picture by Jithendra M)
Within the first FIR, C Venu, 21, a BCom scholar and a resident of Vijinapura, alleged that he had come throughout social media posts of RCB, which acknowledged that there could be a victory parade of the gamers. “The publish additionally acknowledged that the tickets had been obtainable on-line to enter the M Chinnaswamy cricket stadium,” he mentioned.
In accordance with the FIR, Venu, alongside together with his good friend Vasanth and Pavan, went to gate no. 20 of the Chinnaswamy Stadium, and the police officers opened the gate round 4.30 pm. Thereafter, hundreds of followers who had been ready close to gate no. 6 rushed in direction of the open gate, resulting in the stampede. Venu suffered accidents to his proper leg after a barricade fell on him.
Venu alleged that the RCB franchise, KSCA, and DNA had not organised the occasion correctly, and their negligence led to the chaos and stampede.
The police have registered a case beneath part 125(a) (endangering life or private security of others) and 125(b) (particular person’s act that endangers the life or private security of others, leading to damage) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
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In one other FIR filed by Rolan Gomes, 25, a resident of Mailasandra in Kengeri and a designer by career, the complainant has alleged that as a result of negligence of the accused, his proper hand was damaged.
Earlier, after a Cupboard assembly on Thursday, Siddaramaiah had introduced the suspension of Police Commissioner B Dayananda, Extra Commissioner of Police (West) Vikash Kumar Vikash, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Shekhar H Tekkannavar, ACP (Cubbon Park sub-division) C Balakrishna, and police inspector Girish A Okay. This was the primary time {that a} Bengaluru police commissioner had been suspended. Hours later, 1996-batch senior IPS officer Seemant Kumar Singh was appointed as the brand new Bengaluru metropolis police commissioner.