After the death of 11 people in the Bengaluru stampede, FIR has been registered against 3 including RCB. Now Nikhil Sosale from RCB has also been arrested. Know who he is?
Who is Nikhil Sosale: police have arrested Nikhil Sosale after 11 people died in the celebration of royal challengers Bangalore's IPL trophy win. Earlier, the police had registered an FIR against RCB franchise, event management company dna Entertainment Networks, and karnataka State cricket Association. Nikhil was caught by the police when he was allegedly trying to flee the city. Know who Nikhil is?
RCB's marketing head Nikhil Sosale was allegedly trying to flee the city. Sosale had announced a victory parade from Vidhana Soudha to Chinnaswamy without police permission. He did not remove the post even after the police asked him not to, which misled fans.
He claimed that free tickets would be distributed near gates 9 and 10 at 1 pm, but that never happened, leading to a huge crowd. Another post said that entry to the stadium would begin at 3 pm, which further added to the confusion.
Only 3 out of 22 gates (19, 20, and 22) were opened on Sosle's instructions, reportedly on the instructions of dna Network. All announcements were made through RCB's official social media handles, which were managed by Sosle's team.
Who is Nikhil Sosle
Nikhil Sosle is RCB's head of marketing and revenue at Diageo India. He has several pictures with Virat Kohli. He has also been spotted sitting in the stands with anushka sharma on several occasions.
Virat-Anushka also follows Nikhil
During IPL 2025, a girl was also seen with anushka sharma in every match, which went quite viral. According to the report, that girl is Nikhil Sosale's wife, whose name is Malvika Nayak. virat kohli and anushka sharma follow both Nikhil and Malvika on Instagram. However, the profiles of both are private.
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