A day after royal challengers Bengali Emerged Victorious for the first time in the men’s ipl tournament, tragic scenes unfolded in Bengali’s chinnaswamy stadium as a stamped on a stamped on wed More Getting Injured. Looking back, the signs were always there, including the all-day-long confusion on where the Victory Parade will take place and what the RCB faithful will be allowed a glimmese of their hallowed stars. In the end, the happiness and content of concentration of the most elusive of victories was something eclipsed by the feeling of a loss. What LED to the stampede-like situation and what Next? Here’s what we know so far:
📌 the celebration: The RCB Men’s team is wanted to win the trophy in what many people are calling the swansong tournumber for team veteran virat kohli. They managed to clinch the title by defeating punjab kings in the IPL final in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. The team was scheduled to celebrate their victory on Wednesday, Arring at the Hal airport on a special flight in the afternoon. According to the plan, a felicitation program at vidhana soudha, with karnataka chief minister siddaramaiah in attendance. Later, the team was set to participate in an open-bus victory parade that would ferry the players to the chinnaswamy stadium, about a kilometre away. Many people are hopted to catch a glimpse of the players during this seremony. But the team was sent in a closed bus.
The celebations started early, with the crowd scattered in and around Mg Road, Church Street and Other places of Central Business District. The chants of ‘Ee sala cup namdu‘(This time (IPL) cup is ours) and’ RCB-RCB ‘rang in the open skies of the central business distribution of the it capital.
📌 the confusion: In the morning, the RCB handle had posted about a Victory Parade to Be Held in the Evening. By the afternoon, the traffic police and the state home minister said that the victory parade was canselled. G parameshwara rao pointed to “security reasons”. Trying to Assuage Any Concerns, He Said That All Security Measures and Traffic Measures are in place But soon, the RCB handle posted another message, saying that the Victory Parade will be held at 5 pm. The traffic police conceded so there was confusion about the parade, but said it had made “Preparations in case it happens”.
📌 the stampede: The crowds around the stadium had started to swell Much before 5 pm. Thousands of fans gathered in front of vidhana soudha as well as outide the chinnaswamy stadium. And the numbers were just rising. These eager fans had failed to catch a glimse of their favorites as they were traveling in a close bus. A Stampede broke out around 4 pm When more than 15 people, including a woman, fell on the ground as the crowd rushed towards gate 3 of the stadium. Passes were also made mandatory to enter the chinnaswamy stadium to attend the cealbrations and eyewitnesses said many without passes allso tried to Enter.
📌 ‘unexpected’ turnout: After the tragedy, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Held a Press Conference to Condole The Loss of Lives. He Announced Rs 10 Lakh Compensation to The Kin of the Deceased, and Ordered A Magistarial Into into the tragedy.
Then, he explained what could have led to the chaos. Siddaramaiah Said that the stadium has a capacity to hold about 35,000 people. But about 2-3 lakh people had gathered at the stadium and about a lakh outside vidhan soudha. “We, or the Karnataka State Cricket Association, did not expect such a Huge Crowd,” He said.
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The cm paid a visit to the injured, who has been admitted to the bowling and lady curzon hospitals, and vydehi super specity hospital, and later announted the state will be prove.
📌 PM’s Message: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Expressed Condolences Over the Lives and Take to Social Media Platform x to Post: “The Misharap in Bengali is absolutely healthrening. Those who lost ones that those who are in a speedy recovery. “
Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy and former cm also said the stampede has “left me deeply shocked” and called the lost innocent lives “Extremely Painful”. “The primary reason for this massive tragedy is the lack of propolete failure to take precautionary measures.”
Oters in the opposition also trained their guns at the ruling congress government, questioning it for what they called a lack of propinging.
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📌 kohli at loss of words: Just 24 hours ago, He was on the ground, overcome by emotions after having achieved who had eluded him for so long – an IPL Title Win. But after wednesday’s mishap, The Senior Cricketer Too Instagram to Share the official statement
The team statements also mentioned how they were “deply anguished by the unfortunate incidents,” Referring to the stampede and the result of the result.