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RCB official arrested in Bengaluru Stampede caused, #ArrestKohli is now trending on social media

During RCB's IPL 2025 victory ceremony, 11 people lost their lives in the stampede outside the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Edited By : Krishnakant Kukreti |Jun 06, 2025, 03:17 PM IST

Published On Jun 06, 2025, 03:17 PM IST

Last UpdatedJun 06, 2025, 03:17 PM IST

Bengaluru Police has arrested Royal Challengers Bangalore’s marketing and revenue head Nikhil Sosale from Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru in connection with the stampede outside the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Apart from this, DNA Entertainment Network employees Kiran Kumar (Senior Event Manager) and Sunil Mathew (Vice President – ​​Business Affairs) have also been detained by the police.

The move to arrest RCB and DNA officials was taken following the order of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. On June 4, 11 people were killed in a stampede outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium during RCB’s IPL victory celebrations.

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The Karnataka CM on Thursday ordered the arrest of RCB, DNA and Karnataka State Cricket Association officials, as well as Bengaluru police commissioner B Dayanand, Additional Commissioner (West) Vikas Kumar Vikas, DCP (Central) Shekhar H Tekkannavar and other lower officials of the Cubbon Park police station had announced the immediate suspension of several top police officials.

Social media filled with requests to arrest Virat Kohli:

After this incident, there is a demand to arrest Virat Kohli on social media. #ArrestKohli is trending on Twitter. After RCB’s victory, Virat Kohli was seen at Mumbai airport. It is being said that Kohli has left for London. A social media user wrote, there was one death in Pushpa 2 and Allu Arjun was summoned by the police, here 11 people died and Virat is going to London? Is there a different law for VIP people.

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Another user wrote, the person who led this parade is now fleeing the country! Shameful! He should be arrested. At the same time, some people say that Virat wanted to catch the flight on time, so this program was organized in a hurry.