Bengaluru stampede: Karnataka high court directs CID not to seek custody of accused | Bengaluru News
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has instructed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to refrain from approaching a lower court, seeking custody of the accused in the case of the stampede outside M Chinaswamy Stadium on June 4, until the petition filed by the accused before the high court is heard.The high court directive comes in the wake of CID sleuths probing the deadly stampede that led to 11 deaths and left 75 injured, approaching the 1st ACMM court, seeking police custody of the four accused.A joint team comprising personnel from the Central Crime Branch (CCB), and East and Central division police had arrested Nikhil Sosale, the marketing and revenue head of the RCB franchise, and three others from DNA Entertainment Ltd (an event management firm) — its director and vice-president Sunil Mathew, ticketing official Shamanth S P, and manager Kiran Kumar.The lower court had remanded them in judicial custody.According to sources, CID sought police custody of the accused for nine days. However, the lawyers of the accused informed the court about the petition filed before the high court. The court then informed CID that it would take up their petition for hearing only after the high court issues an order.Earlier, on Tuesday, CID produced all four accused at the ACMM court, before they were taken back to the Central Prison at Parappana Agrahara.Meanwhile, CID sleuths conducted a mahazar (spot inquest) in and around Chinnaswamy Stadium, visiting all the gates where the stampede occurred and collecting CCTV footage and other documents.The sleuths also took a few of the injured, including those undergoing treatment at Bowring Hospital, for the mahazar and recorded their statements.
