Karnataka govt holds RCB solely responsible for stampede as RCB awaits the report of the CID investigation in its final stages.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) has been declared responsible by the Karnataka government for the stampede outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4, which left 11 persons dead and over 50 injured.
Two days after the Karnataka High Court denied the government’s motion to keep the status report confidential and ordered its release, the government’s status report, which detailed the findings, was released to the public on Thursday.
The government said: “The RCB Management, in association with its event management partner, DNA Networks Private Limited, and the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), unilaterally decided to hold the victory celebration without prior consultation with the police and without obtaining the necessary permissions or license for such celebration.”
According to the report, on June 3 at approximately 6.30 p.m., KSCA CEO Subhendu Ghosh informed the Cubbon Park police on behalf of DNA Entertainment that RCB planned to hold a victory parade in the event that they won the IPL final, which was set for that same evening in Ahmedabad.
However, the police denied the request due to “insufficient information regarding the expected gathering size, arrangements made as well as the proposal being made on very short notice.”
In addition to highlighting how RCB proceeded to post an invitation on their social media channels at 7:01 a.m. on June 4 declaring a victory parade from Vidhana Soudha to the Chinnaswamy Stadium, the report substantially traces the events that transpired from the moment the request was made.
According to the research, Virat Kohli’s announcement of plans to celebrate with the Bengaluru fans was one of the posts on RCB’s official social media accounts that received the most online interaction.
RCB is still awaiting the results of the CID inquiry, which is nearing completion. Over the course of the last month, testimonials have been filed by DNA and RCB high brass. The judgment’s exact date has not yet been announced.