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Bengaluru stampede: RCB employee arrested
Sunday Island
|June 08, 2025
The Bengaluru Police, on Friday, arrested Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Head of Marketing and Revenue, Nikhil Sosale, from the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru.
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Meanwhile, employees of DNA Entertainment Network, Kiran Kumar (Senior Event Manager) and Sunil Mathew (Vice President - Business Affairs), were also arrested by the police.
The move to arrest the officials of RCB and DNA came following orders from Karnataka's chief minister Siddaramaiah. The decision was taken following the death of 11 people in a stampede outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium during RCB's IPL victory celebrations on June 2.
This story is from the June 08, 2025 edition of Sunday Island.
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