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News India Live, Digital Desk: Royal Challengers Bangalore won the IPL Trophy after a long wait of 18 years. The atmosphere in India’s Silicon Valley was happy, as the team fans were moving towards the Chinnaswamy Stadium to get a glimpse of their heroes. However, the celebration soon became tragic as there was a stampede outside the prestigious cricket stadium, killing 11 people and injured 47 people.
The event of the incident is as follows.
Bangalore’s team won the IPL match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. After the victory, the team reached Bangalore and reached Vidhan Saudha directly, where Chief Minister met Siddaramaiah. There was a huge crowd to encourage the winning team.
Royal Challengers Bangalore had to attend the Vijay Parade, whose path was between Vidhan Saudha to M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The team’s victory parade was to begin at 3:30 pm. The RCB team had to visit the city with their IPL Trophy. After the Vijay Yatra, the team gathered at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, where they were honored by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA).
at 2 pm
Bengaluru Thousands of people gathered outside KM Chinnaswamy Stadium.
3 pm
The crowd gathered before the Bengaluru team reached the stadium. The road got jammed due to the crowd. A large number of police forces were deployed on the way.
3:30 to 5 pm
A large number of fans were standing in queue outside all 13 entrances of M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Initially the entry was on the basis of pass, but the administration later announced that admission for all fans is free. This caused chaos, as thousands of people gathered to enter the stadium.
As the crowd grew and people tried to enter the stadium, barricades fell and people fell on each other. The stampede started from here. Amidst chaos, people were also seen trying to save each other. Thousands of slippers were scattered all around after the push-up.
5 pm
This tragic incident shocked the entire city. In the initial figures, 3 people died, but later it was revised to 11. The terrible scenes emerged, in which people were seen taking the injured on their soldiers. When there was a tragedy outside the stadium, the team of Royal Challengers Bangalore had already reached inside the stadium and the celebration was going on.
Government of Karnataka response
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has ordered an inquiry into the case. He has asked to submit the report within 15 days. Meanwhile, in the preliminary report submitted to the state government, the Director General of Police and Inspector General of Bangalore blamed the “unpredictable mob of thousands of fans” for the stampede. The Director General claimed that “all possible security arrangements were made”, even though the program was determined in a very short time.
According to the police, the barricade broke down due to an unpredictable crowd of fans trying to enter the stadium between 3.30 pm and four o’clock in the afternoon and the fans fell on each other.
Siddaramaiah expressed grief over the incident and expressed condolences to the families of those killed in this tragedy. CM said, “The pain of this tragedy has also eradicated the joy of victory.” He said that the administration did not expect such a large crowd. According to CM, 2 to 3 lakh people attended the program as against the stadium’s capacity of 35,000.
