Bengaluru stampede: Activist lodges police complaint against Virat Kohli | India News

NEW DELHI: A police complaint was lodged against cricketer Virat Kohli on Friday, two days after a stampede exterior the Chinnaswamy Stadium claimed 11 lives and left 56 individuals injured in Bengaluru.Social activist HM Venkatesh submitted the complaint on the Cubbon Park police station within the metropolis. Police acknowledged that the complaint can be thought of underneath an already registered case and examined through the course of the continuing investigation of the stampede incident, information company ANI reported.The stampede occurred as numerous individuals thronged the Chinnaswamy Stadium, the place Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), of which Kohli is a former captain and has performed for because the Indian Premier League (IPL) began in 2008, had been celebrating their maiden title win.In the ultimate, held on Tuesday in Ahmedabad, RCB defeated Punjab Kings to clinch IPL for the primary time, triggering wild celebrations within the nation’s IT capital.Also Read: Bengaluru Stampede: RCB official, three others despatched to 14-day judicial custodyAccording to Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, 2-3 lakh followers turned as much as take part within the celebrations. The floor’s capability, then again, is round 35,000.Under hearth, the state authorities suspended Bengaluru police commissioner B Dayananda and a number of other senior police officers, and ordered the arrest of representatives of RCB, DNA leisure non-public restricted and Karnataka State Cricket Association.It additionally handed over the probe to a one-man judicial fee of retired Karnataka excessive court docket choose, justice Michael Cunha.