The Bengaluru police on Wednesday arrested Nikhil Sosle, a marketing head for Bangalore (RCB), Royal Challengers of DNA Entertainment Network on Friday morning regarding the stampede to be held during the RCB’s IPL win ceremony. RCB’s Madeen IPL title ceremony was tragic at the ceremony, resulting in 11 deaths and 75 injured.The arrest took place after the instructions of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who called for action against RCB, DNA Entertainment and Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) officials. Sosel was taken into custody at Bangalore Airport while trying to travel to Mumbai.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!DNA Entertainment Network Pvt. Three staff members of. Ltd. has been detained by the police as part of the ongoing investigation into the tragic incident. He has been identified as Sunil Matthew (Director and Vice President), Sumattha (DNA ticketing officer) and Kiran Kumar (Manager).The state government has suspended several top police officers, including Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayanand. One-person Judicial Commission, which has been established to investigate the case within 30 days, under the leadership of retired Karnataka High Court Judge Michael D’Kunha.
The RCB’s first IPL championship victory against Punjab Kings at Narendra Modi Stadium took place outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium during the ceremony. A tragedy came to light during a win parade, which was initially denied permission by the Bengaluru Police.Despite the initial refusal, RCB announced on social media at 3 pm that the parade will proceed from M Chinnaswamy Stadium at 5 pm. The franchise has faced criticism to continue the function inside the stadium while the stampede was out.Who is Nikhil Sosle?
Security personnel tried to manage the crowd of fans gathered for the IPL 2025 felicitation that won the Royal Challengers Bangalore team in Bangalore in Karnataka, Karnataka. (PTI)
Nikhil Sosel has been closely associated with RCB since his early years. According to his LinkedIn Profile, he leads the design, strategy and distribution of business and marketing side of the leading brand and commercial program in the IPL. He is a double head in business from James Cook University, which he completed between 2008 and 2010.The Sosle 2025 season has a visible appearance at the RCB Games, often seen sitting in a stand with Virat Kohli’s wife Anushka Sharma. He holds a private Instagram profile with 637 followers, which Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma follow.She is married to Malvika Nayak, who is the head of the Business Development and Partnership Department in Innocent Technologies Private.In response to the tragedy, RCB had announced financial assistance for all 11 families who lost members in the stampede. The franchise has also set up a ‘RCB Care’ fund to support the injured people in the incident.Cuban Park Police registered a Su-Motu case against the accused (accused No. 1) RCB franchise, (accused No. 2) DNA Entertainment, and (accused No. 3) KSCA Administrative Committee. An FIR was booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Justice (BNS), in which 105 (not punished for not being convicted for murder), 115 (voluntarily injury), 118 (voluntary), 118 (voluntary) (voluntaryly) (voluntarily injury) or the meeting detained for custody for custody. Security).A second FIR was lodged based on the complaint of BNS Section 125A (Life in Life in Life in Danger or Others), which was injured in the incident.
