B'luru stampede: CID begins probe, SIT formed

Team comprising 15 police officers will approach city-based court on Monday to seek custody of four arrested

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @Bengaluru

The Crime Investigation Department (CID) has begun its probe into the Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede that resulted in the death of 11 RCB fans. Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh said that the case from the Cubbon Park police was handed over to CID on Friday and the process of handing over the files pertaining to the three FIRs is on. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising 15 police officers has been formed in the CID to probe the incident.

The SIT will approach the court on Monday to seek the custody of the four arrested on body warrant. All the four accused have been remanded in judicial custody till June 19 by a city-based court on Friday.