Bengaluru stampede: Top RCB official and 3 from event management company arrested

Bengaluru city police late on Thursday (June 5, 2025) night arrested a top official of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) franchise and three from the event management company DNA Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., who organised the victory celebrations for the team in the city that led to stampede and 11 deaths.

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The arrests came hours after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced at a press conference the suspension of city police commissioner B. Dayananda and directed police to arrest RCB and the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) for the stampede.

Nikhil Sosale, the head of marketing and revenue, RCB at Diageo India Pvt. Ltd., was reportedly arrested from Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) while he was flying out to Mumbai, sources said. The city police have also arrested three from DNA Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.. All the four have been presently at Cubbon Park Police Station where they are being interrogated, sources said.

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Cubbon Park Police had registered a suo motu FIR against RCB franchise, KSCA officials and DNA Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., booking them for culpable homicide, illegal assembly among other serious charges for the stampede that killed 11 on Wednesday.

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