Bengaluru stampede case: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (June 11) completed the hearing on the petitions of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and his marketing head Nikhil Sore. These petitions were filed for the criminal case, which was associated with the stampede and deaths during the Celebration of RCB’s winning victory in the IPL. Now the court will pronounce its decision in this case at 2:30 pm on Thursday (June 12).

But the biggest question in this case is that even after the Inquiry Committee, Blaim game (allegation implants), the death of RCB fans has still not been answered. The Karnataka government on Wednesday held the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for a stampede outside the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

11 people died in this accident. The government told the High Court that no permission was taken for this event and the organizers had called the entire world through social media ‘.

On Wednesday, the petition of four people was heard in the court, including the yacht of RCB’s marketing head Nikhil Sosale. The case was heard by the High Court Judge S.R. Krishna is doing a single bench of Kumar.

The government also informed that the investigation of this matter has now been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). He said that the time of investigation transfer is not important because the High Court was informed about it on time. After the stampede incident, many police officers were suspended and new appointments were made immediately, including a new police commissioner. The court is now investigating the files related to his appointment.

The government also alleged that RCB’s marketing head Nikhil Sosale was trying to escape. He told that a flight ticket was booked at 10:56 pm and the next morning flight was to be taken. Advocate General said, ‘There is no doubt.’

Percended was sought an hour before the match started
Advocate General Shashi Kiran Shetty, who appeared on behalf of the state government, said in the court on Wednesday that RCB had won the match against Punjab on 29 May and he knew that he had reached the finals. Despite this, he neither took permission to take out the procession of victory (Victory Parade) nor sought a permission to celebrate in the stadium.

Shetty, while favoring the government, said- On June 3, just one hour before the match started, the organizers gave a letter to the administration, in which it was written that they will organize the Victory Parade ‘. That is, they were not asking for permission, just giving information about their plan.

The Advocate General also informed the court on Wednesday that only a information was given by the organizers by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA). Apart from this, no formal permission was taken.

Despite this, RCB made several posts on social media from 11:30 am on the night of June 3 to the morning of June 4, in which the fans were called to attend the Victory Parade and Selibration.

The capacity was 33 thousand, reached 4 lakhs
The Advocate General said in the court- it seemed as if he had called the whole world. He said that about 3.5 to 4 lakh people reached outside the stadium, while the stadium had a capacity of only 33,000 people. He also said that the organizers never told who will be allowed inside. It was only written in his social media posts that all the fans should come and cheer for the team.

Whose responsibility was to handle RCB fans?
The government had told the court that there was an agreement between RCB and BCCI regarding gate management, ticketing and security, according to which the entire responsibility to handle the crowd was of the franchise and the cricket board. It was earlier said that for this event, three parties had reached an agreement with DNA Entertainment Company and KSCA, but in the court it was misunderstood and improved.

RCB printed the truth in the case
Advocate General said that RCB tried to hide the truth and introduced this event as a government program, while it was a completely private event. He told that RCB spoke of free pass on social media, but it was not clear who will be allowed inside and who is not. He said in court, “RCB has come to court with wrong information and has tried to mislead it.”

DC Jagdish started recording the statements of the injured
The magistrate investigation of the stampede that took place at the Chinnaswamy Stadium also started on June 11; In which Bangalore Urban Deputy Commissioner (DC) Jagdish started recording the statements of the injured in the DC court premises on Wednesday. The state government had ordered an inquiry, the responsibility of which has been given to DC Jagdish. They have to report in 15 days.

Important twist of Bengaluru stampede, what happened?
The team of RCB (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became champions for the first time in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. He defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 6 runs on 3 June. Just a day after this victory, a Victory Parade was organized in Bengaluru, first it was to be in the open bus, but it did not happen again. Later an accident occurred before the Victory Parade, where 11 people died and many were injured. Later in this case, RCB Management, Karnataka Cricket State Union (KSCA), Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) dismissed. Later on 5 June, the High Court also had to intervene in the matter and sought a report of the entire case by June 10.

On 5 June, an FIR was lodged against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), DNA Entertainment Network (which was the event), Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) and other unknown people at the Kabban Park Police Station in connection with the death of 11 people and injuries. In this case, CM CM Siddaramaiah held the police responsible for the Bengaluru stampede. After which many officers including the police commissioner were suspended. Later, Karnataka IPS officer Seemaant Kumar Singh was appointed as the new Police Commissioner of Bengaluru. On June 5, RCB had announced a financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh to the families of 11 supporters who lost their lives in the stampede.

On June 6, the news came that the police arrested Nikhil Sosh, a marketing head of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). This was first arrested by the police in the stampede case before the RCB’s Victory Parade in Bangalru on June 4. Three DNA staff members Kiran, Sumanth and Sunil Mathew were detained by the police.