Top RCB official, 3 others held in Bengaluru stampede case sent to judicial custody
All four persons arrested by the Bengaluru Police in connection with the stampede outside Chinnaswamy Stadium have been sent to 14-day judicial custody by the order of the 14 ACMM court, ANI reported.
Marketing and Revenue Head of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Nikhil Sosale, is among those arrested in the case so far.
The stampede outside Bengaluru's Chinnaswamy Stadium occurred on Wednesday evening, where a large number of people thronged to participate in the RCB team's IPL victory celebrations. Eleven people have died and 56 were injured in the incident.
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