A high drama unfolded in Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium, not on a 22-yard cricket pitch, but inside the Diamond Box during the clash of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). A dispute over seating in an elite box escalated into a public confrontation between the families of two high-ranking government officials. The altercation involved the family of a senior IPS officer and the family of an income tax commissioner. The conflict continued even after the event concluded, with both parties filing complaints at the Cubbon Park police station. The IPS officer’s family charged the income tax commissioner’s family with intimidation, sexual harassment and outraging modesty, which the latter has denied. “But what’s more shocking is it all took place in the complimentary hospitality box even as several senior govt officials watched without intervening,” a senior cop said. What Led To Clash? The incident took place when the IPS officer’s daughter, who was enjoying the game with his brother, stepped away to use the washroom, leaving her purse on the seat to indicate it was occupied. However, when she came back, she saw a man in her seat. “When the brother told him to vacate as his sister was all set to return, the man did not budge and an argument broke out between the two. Soon, the sister joined her brother while the man was joined by his wife, the income tax official, and their son. The argument intensified with each hurling abuse at the other. At one point, the confrontation between the IPS officer’s daughter and the man almost went out of control as the man was arguing in her face,” the cop elaborated. As the situation escalated, the brother-sister duo called their parents, who rushed towards the stadium. The IPS officer’s wife told her kids to move out of the stadium as she rushed to Cubbon Park police station and lodged a complaint. She accused the man “of making unwelcome physical contact and intruding on her (daughter’s) privacy with an intention to offend her”. She stated that visuals of the rowdy behaviour of the man were captured by her son on his mobile phone. She also pointed out that there were no cops on duty in the Diamond Box when the incident took place, between 9.40pm and 10.20pm. Based on her complaint, police registered a case against two unknown persons under BNS Sections 351 (criminal intimidation), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 75 (sexual harassment which includes physical contact involving unwelcome overtures), and 79 (insulting a woman’s modesty). After two hours, the man in question and his wife were summoned to the police station, and they were later allowed to leave.