Bengaluru stampede: Activist lodges police complaint against Virat Kohli

NEW DELHI: A police complaint was lodged against cricketer Virat Kohli on Friday, two days after a stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium claimed 11 lives and left 56 people injured in Bengaluru.

Social activist HM Venkatesh submitted the complaint at the Cubbon Park police station in the city.


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 as a large number of people thronged 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, were celebrating their 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.

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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.

Under fire, 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.

It also handed over the probe to a one-man judicial commission of retired Karnataka high court judge, justice Michael Cunha.