After the RCB marketing head and three people from DNA Entertainment were arrested, a case was registered against Kohli for the stampede that occurred earlier this week at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru that resulted in the deaths of 11 people.
The complaint first was lodged by social activist HM Venkatesh on Friday at Cubbon Park Police Station, which comes under the stadium area.
The Bengaluru Police had already filed a First Information Report (FIR) alleging the RCB franchise to be the main suspect, with DNA Entertainment and KSCA as secondary suspects. Venkatesh’s complaint does not level direct culpability for the death on Kohli but rather alleges that Kohli’s promotion of gambling through the IPL detained a huge crowd outside the stadium, culminating in the unfortunate incident.
Venkatesh said, “Virat Kohli of the Bangalore RCB team is the most visible figure involved in this gambling, which drew people together and led to the tragedy. We ask that he and his team be named in the FIR and be held accountable.” A review against this complaint will be made along with the already registered case at the ongoing investigation.
Late on a day following another celebration in Bengaluru, the Deccan Times saw Kohli and his wife, Anushka Sharma, as they returned to London through Mumbai. RCB’s marketing and revenue head, Nikhil Sosale, was arrested on Friday morning at Kempegowda International Airport on the directive of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who also announced compensation to the victims’ families and further set up a probe into the stampede.
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He proceeded to the Karnataka High Court later on, claiming that his arrest was illegal and wrongful, but it refused to give him relief on an interim basis. However, the court did grant some interim relief to senior KSCA officials stating that they would not be subject to coercive action so long as they cooperate with the investigation.
