Premature to say RCB's tweet triggered Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede: Karnataka High Court

Justice Krishna Kumar today said that he will hear the matter further on June 12.

However, in the meantime, he urged the State to instruct the concerned investigating officers not to arrest anyone who has not yet been arrested.

He pointed out that the Court has already granted interim relief from arrest to officials of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) who have also been booked in connection with the same case. He, therefore, questioned why similar relief need not be granted to RCB and DNA.

The AG maintained that the allegations against RCB and DNA stand on a different footing as compared to KSCA. To elaborate on his point, he referred to RCB's tweets.

"Your lordships are ignoring facts, the three tweets. Allegation is that they (RCB) tweeted and because of it the public came and stampede happened!" the AG said.

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