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M. of Bengaluru. The tragic stampede at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, which claimed the lives of fans of 11 Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), snowed in a major political and administrative crisis. MLC is among those facing heat Of. GovindarajaWho has been removed from his post as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s political secretary. Many senior police officers including Bengaluru Police Commissioner B. Dayanand has been suspended by the government.
Being a moment of the historical festival meant, RCB’s first IPL title victory in 18 years has turned into one of the state’s worst crowd-control disasters in recent times. Instead of Jubilee, the incident has abandoned the Congress -led Karnataka government with displeasure, question on mismanagement, and accountability.
Although a judicial inquiry and a special investigation team (SIT) investigation has been ordered, serious concerns remain about whether it was actually led to fatal chaos and would it be stopped.
What went wrong during RCB’s victory ceremony?
A day after RCB’s victory on 3 June, millions of fans. The Chinnaswamy Stadium and the Vidha Sauda were also thrown, where the Karnataka government organized a separate felicitation event for the RCB team.
However, the sheer size of the crowd – allegedly over two million people – quickly overwhelmed the stadium’s ability, which can adjust only 32,000 individuals, leading to a chaotic stampede at the gates.
As a result, in anarchy, 11 persons – all under 40 years of age – lost their lives, and at least 50 others suffered injuries. Medical reports confirmed that all deadly individuals were caused by aspicia, as a result of lack of oxygen.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Accepted the increase in congestion on a large scale And ordered a judicial inquiry into this incident. However, serious questions are being raised about mob control measures, and how such disastrous failure occurred in the plan.
Why did the genre deal incident so much attention?
The Karnataka government decided to host a grand felicitation for the RCB team at the Vaiva Sauda on the same day when a public festival was investigated. From the beginning of June 4, a sea of RCB fans was M. The Chinnaswamy began gathering near the stadium, which was eager to catch a glimpse of his favorite players during the anticipated open-top win parade from the Vanshna Sauda to the stadium.
While RCB was the team Announced a parade on your social media platformsPolice claimed that no formal permission was given.
Nevertheless, millions of supporters flooded the areas around the stadium due to the announcement.
When fans were eager to be a part of the festival, the situation was out of control, already reached the stadium gates packed, demanded admission. Overwhelmed by sheer quantity, police personnel fought to manage the crowd. According to the police, fans jumped into the barricades, trampled each other, and triggered a deadly stampede.
As the tragedy came out, the incident inside the stadium was dropped in a hurry and brought to a initial closer.
Similarly, the official felicitation attended the first day in Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy CM DK Shivkumar, and Governor Thavarchand Gehlot, suddenly concluded.
In particular, political leaders, several family members of government officials, and other people present for photo opportunities were part of the assembly. Wrapping in a hurry of both events showed urgency and confusion that was to be a moment of celebration.
Did poor coordination between the RCB and the state government cause a fatal stampede?
Emerging details from police sources, and the FIR on stampede suggests that the tragic incident was largely the results of competition between insufficient mob-control resources and RCB, Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) and the state government.
According to senior police officials, the decision to organize the victory parade of RCB was a major lapse, although not in writing, despite the police rejecting their request. This, with the state government’s final-win decision, further enhanced the infrastructure of the police, to achieve a part of the spotlight to organize its own condemnable program.
A senior official told Hindu Police resources were spread in four major incidents on the same day: arrival of RCB at HAL Airport, their transfer to Team Hotel on Race Course Road, government hooliganism at Vidha Sauda, and finally, celebration at Chinnaswamy Stadium.
“Most of the force worked through the last night due to the IPL final. Without rest, they were rebuilt across the city, especially the genre deal and around the Chinnaswamy Stadium, there were a lot of communication issues between departments, RCBs and KSCAs,” said the official said, which was pointing to exhaustion and overload.
On June 4 (Wednesday) at 10.30 am, a media statement was released by RCB and the state government announced a felicitation event featuring Mr. Siddaramaiah, Mr. Shivkumar and others, followed by a win in the stadium. This announcement is believed to have triggered a large -scale growth of fans that eventually caused a stampede.
Kohli’s departure in London gives reliability for theory on travel plans after Stamped
Sources claimed that the city police pressured them to press for the festival on Sunday 8 June, which gave them time to prepare, but were abolished.
Sources said that even the suggestions of delay of just one day were not accepted.
Meanwhile, RCB insisted on organizing on 4 June (Wednesday), the police now claimed. Police officials said the franchise cited the imminent departure of several foreign and Indian players, which was an important reason to schedule the celebrations of the festive programs a day after the final.
Adding a new dimension to the controversy, Shivamogga-based social activist HM Venkatesh filed a complaint called cricketer Virat Kohli. He alleged that Mr. Kohli had pressured the RCB management for the parade on Wednesday 4 June to accommodate his travel plans. Sri Venkatesh claimed that after the immediate departure of Shri Kohli in London, after the deaths due to stampede, they support their allegations.
While the claims are rejecting, they have provoked public debate.
The Cuban Park Police is now investigating various aspects of the incident, including alleged administrative negligence and failure in mob control.
What did the government tell the court
On June 5 (Thursday), Advocate General KM Sasikiran Shetty informed the High Court: “RCB (in the stadium) was organized by DNA event management. KSCA is in charge of the stadium. All security is provided by him at the stadium. All deaths occurred at the entrance of the Stadium.
“Around 2.5 million people gathered around the stadium against a capacity of 34,600, while the authorities deployed around 1,600 police officers and personnel against the general deployment of about 800 police personnel during any cricket match including the IPL tournament.”
When the court asked the government whether there was a standard operation process (SOP) to regulate such events, Mr. Shetty admitted that the government has no SOP to manage and control the major events of this nature, while assuring the court that it would come out with an SOP.
What is the RCB Stamped incident?
M. The stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium not only claimed 11 people, but also triggered a political storm, which has severely changed the image of the Congress government in Karnataka. Public resentment over the situation disturbances, especially in Vidha Saudha, has been attended by ministers and their family members, questioning the government’s priorities and schemes.
The government was forced to take fast action, facing a strong criticism from the opposition BJP and JD (S), who made the incident wrong to a publicity stunt.
On June 5, Karnataka Home Minister. Parmeshwar announced that the state government will form a new standard operation process (SOP) for large -scale programs, meetings and ceremonies to help prevent such unpleasant events in the future.
Later, at night, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah suspended five police officers: Bengaluru Police Commissioner B. Dayanand, Additional Commissioner (West) Vikash Kumar Vikash, DCP (Central) Shaker H. Tekkanwar, ACP (Cuban Park) c. Balakrishna, and Cuban Park Police Inspector AK Jireish.
On June 6, MLC. Govindraj, who was serving as the political secretary of the Chief Minister, was removed from the post. Additional Director General of Police (Intelligence) Hemen M. Nimbalkar was transferred.
The Bengaluru Police registered an FIR with the RCB franchise, Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), and event manager DNA Network, who voluntarily hurts, and causes illegal assembly.
Police arrested RCB’s marketing head and a senior executive of DNA network.
Chief Minister announced Judicial inquiry Under the leadership of retired Karnataka High Court Judge Michael D’Kunha.
Published – June 07, 2025 04:45 pm IST
