Bengaluru stampede: High court restrains police from taking coercive action against Karnataka cricket officials
Karnataka State Cricket Association president Raghuram Bhat, secretary A Shankar and treasurer ES Jayaram approach the court seeking to quash the FIR filed against them
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara with Bengaluru City Commissioner of Police B Dayananda and other police personnel during an inspection after the stampede near the Chinnaswamy stadium that claimed 11 lives, in Bengaluru, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (PTI Photo)
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The Karnataka High Court on Friday, in an interim order, directed the state police not to take any coercive action against the office-bearers of KSCA in connection with the stampede outside the Chinnaswamy stadium here which claimed lives of 11 people, until further orders.
Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) president Raghuram Bhat, secretary A Shankar and treasurer ES Jayaram approached the court seeking to quash the FIR filed against them.
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Justice SR Krishna Kumar, who heard the case, granted the interim relief to the KSCA officials.
The hearing was adjourned to June 16.
Senior advocates Ashok Haranahalli and Shyam Sundar appeared for the petitioners, while Advocate General Shashi Kiran Shetty represented the state.
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The court, which was also hearing a separate petition filed by Nikhil Sosale, Marketing Head of Royal Challengers Bengaluru, adjourned the case to June 9.
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