Bangalore, 07 June (H.S.): A Shankar and E S Jairam, Secretary and Treasurer of the Karnataka State Cricket Association(KSCA) have quit their positions following the aftermath of the stampede tragedy taking the toll of 11 lives.

Meanwhile the case of the stampede that took place near the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium during the Royal Challengers Bangalore cricket team's victory celebrations in which 11 people were killed has been officially transferred to the CID.

The case has been transferred to the Special Investigation Team of the CID. A team led by CID SP Shubanvitha and comprising DySPs Purushottam and Gautam has taken up the investigation.

Nikhil Sosle, the head of marketing for the RCB franchise, who has already been arrested in the case, and Sunil Mathew, Kiran and Sumanth, representatives of DNA Entertainment Management Company, which was responsible for managing the program, have been remanded in judicial custody. Since today and tomorrow are government holidays, the CID team is likely to take the accused into custody on Monday and interrogate them.

Meanwhile, Karnataka State Cricket Association Secretary A. Shankar and Treasurer E.S. Jairam have resigned from their posts, taking moral responsibility for the incident. Both have sent a letter to KSCA President Raghuram Bhatt, stating that they are resigning out of moral responsibility, even though their roles are limited. A. Shankar and Treasurer E.S. Jairam said in the letter that although our role in the unexpected and unfortunate incident that took place two days ago was very limited, we have resigned from our posts effective the night of June 6th out of moral responsibility.

Complaint against CM, DCM

A BJP delegation filed a complaint with Cubbon Park police station on Friday night demanding that the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister be held responsible for the stampede deaths and the chaos that followed during the RCB team's victory celebration and that a case be registered against them.

Following this, the Real Fighters Forum has demanded that a case be registered against RCB's leading player Virat Kohli. The Cubbon Park police station had been hesitant to register a complaint in this regard. Several hours later, Cubbon Park police received a complaint from HM Venkatesh of the Real Fighters Forum, and said they would consider the complaint against Kohli along with the FIR.

Hindusthan Samachar / Rakesh Mahadevappa