Bengaluru stampede: Activist files police complaint against Virat Kohli | India News
NEW DELHI: A social activist filed a police complaint against cricketer Virat Kohli on Friday, two days after a deadly stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru claimed 11 lives and left 56 people injured.Activist HM Venkatesh submitted the complaint at the Cubbon Park police station in Bengaluru. Police stated that the complaint would be considered under an already registered case and examined during the course of the ongoing investigation of the stampede incident, news agency ANI reported.The stampede occurred outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium, where Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), of which Kohli is a former captain and has played for since the Indian Premier League (IPL) started in 2008, was celebrating its maiden title win.In the final, held on Tuesday in Ahmedabad, RCB defeated Punjab Kings to clinch IPL for the first time, triggering wild celebrations in the country’s IT capital.According to Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, 2-3 lakh fans turned up to participate in the celebrations. The ground’s capacity, on the other hand, is around 35,000.The state government suspended Bengaluru police commissioner B Dayananda and several senior police officials, and ordered the arrest of representatives of RCB, DNA entertainment private limited and Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA).It also handed over the probe to the one-man judicial commission headed by retired Karnataka high court judge, justice Michael Cunha.
