Bengaluru stampede: Karnataka HC restrains police from taking coercive action on KSCA officials :Another FIR registered against RCB

PTI, BENGALURU, JUNE 6, 2025 :  The Karnataka High Court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest to key office bearers of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) in connection with the June 4 stampede outside Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium, which left 11 people dead and 56 others injured.

Justice S. R. Krishna Kumar, who heard the petition seeking to quash the FIR against the KSCA office-bearers, restrained the police from taking any coercive action against the officials until the next hearing. The court also directed the petitioners to fully cooperate with the ongoing investigation. The petition to quash the FIR will be taken up again on June 16.

"No precipitative action shall be taken against the management of the Karnataka State Cricket Association till the next date of hearing, subject to the condition that they cooperate with the investigation," the bench ordered.

Senior advocates Ashok Haranahalli and Shyam Sundar represented the KSCA officials, while Advocate General Shashi Kiran Shetty appeared on behalf of the state. The AG clarified that the police had no immediate plans to arrest anyone and sought permission for the investigation to continue.

Meanwhile, another FIR has been registered against RCB, event management firm DNA Entertainment Private Limited, and Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) over the stampede, police said on Friday. The FIR was registered at Cubbon Park police station under Section 125(a) (act endangering life and personal safety of others) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, based on a complaint by victim Rohan Gomes on June 5, they said.

RCB, DNA Entertainment Private Limited and KSCA administration have been named as accused in the case, police said.

Citing negligence and mismanagement during the RCB victory celebrations at the stadium, 25-year-old Gomes, in his complaint, alleged that he came to the event after seeing social media posts by RCB indicating that tickets would be issued at the venue and that entry would be allowed even without a ticket.