A month after the unfortunate incident at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru that took 11 lives and left 50 injured, the Karnataka state government have held Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and their partners responsible.
In a report submitted by the High Court, the state government has put all the blame on RCB, DNA Entertainment Networks, and the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA). The report said that RCB went ahead with the celebrations despite not being given permission for it.
The state government filed the report on June 12 and the decision was made public through court order on July 8. The state government assured saying that the organisers failed to give an estimate of crowd management details and ignored the non-clearance of grants and permissions and went ahead and scheduled the event. The franchise invested heavily in promotions for the parade at Chinnaswamy, including a video featuring Virat Kohli.
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State Government Puts Blame On RCB
There were reports of the state cricket association informing the Cubbon Park police station about RCB's potential celebration on June 3, but the officials did not pay any heed to the warning. The franchise invested more time on promotions for the event and around 3:14 PM on June 4, shared a link with an update of "limitless passes" for the event.
The Police had previously arrested RCB Marketing Head Nikhil Sosale after the stampede happened. However, he was quickly released on payroll. In more surprising findings related to the event at Chinnaswamy, there were only 79 police personnel at the venue securing a gathering of thousands inside the stadium.
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New Report Says There Was Lack Of Basic Medical Facilities
The report further said that there were no security arrangements at the entry of the stadium and there was lack of basic medical facilities even after the unfortunate stampede that happened around 3:25 PM on June 4.
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