RCB moves Karnataka HC to quash criminal case against it over Bengaluru stampede

The Economic Times - Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Monday approached the Karnataka High Court seeking to quash the criminal case registered against them in connection with the stampede at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4, which left 11 people dead and several others injured.

The FIR, filed under charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and criminal negligence, was registered following a tragic overcrowding incident during a public event held to celebrate RCB's maiden IPL title win.

The event organiser, DNA Entertainment Networks Pvt Ltd, has also filed a separate petition challenging the FIR against it.

Owner of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Royal Challengers Sports Limited (RCSL), has contended that it has been falsely implicated in the case.

Meanwhile, last week, the High Court had granted interim protection to the named KSCA officials, Raghuram Bhat (President), A Shankar (Secretary), and E.S. Jairam (Treasurer), from coercive action by the police until the next hearing. The KSCA management had swiftly moved the high court on Friday after chief minister Siddaramaiah ordered the a ..

RCB’s marketing head, Nikhil Sosale, who was among those arrested in connection with the incident, has also moved the court separately to challenge his detention.

In the wake of the incident, the state government handed over the investigation to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which has formed a 15-member Special Investigation Team to probe the circumstances and planning failures that led to the stampede.

The government also suspended five police officers, including  ..