Bangalore Stampede: In Bangalore, there was a terrible stampede during the victory procession held after the victory of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 4 June. Now the investigation report of this case has come out. A member Judicial Commission headed by retired Justice John Michael D’Kunha submitted an inquiry report to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday. The report holds the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), RCB and Bengaluru Police responsible for the incident.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said, “I have not read the report yet. We will present it before the cabinet on 17 July and strict action will be taken after considering the recommendations of the report.”
Social media publicity became the reason for the accident
According to CMO sources, the publicity made on social media on social media provoked the crowd. The state government had already claimed this in the Karnataka High Court, which has been supported by this report. The report, especially in the report, said that the organizers only issued physical tickets and no digital option was provided, which led to the crowd in such a large number.
There is a complete shortage of security arrangements
The report has clarified that security measures and crowd control were completely ignored at the venue. There was no coordination between the police and the organizers, causing the situation to become uncontrollable. According to sources, the report stated that there was pressure on the organizers to hurry due to the players’ plan to go out of the country.
Lack of barricading and mob control guidelines
According to the report, there were no lack of barricading at the venue and no clear crowd operations guidelines. This negligence overshadowed the lives of the people. The government has now urged the government to prepare a standard operation process (SOP) for large public events so that such incidents do not recur in future.
Justice D’Kunha visited the scene seriously to prepare the report and recorded statements of several eyewitnesses, police officers, KSCA representatives and government officials. This report has made it clear that the negligence of all the major parties related to the event created this horrific tragedy by opening the layers of the reasons for the truth of the accident.
Let me tell you, now it has to be seen what decision will be taken on this report in the cabinet meeting on July 17 and what kind of action the state government takes against the culprits. The public hopes that strict steps will be taken to prevent such incidents in future.
