Bengaluru: 11 dead in stampede at stadium during IPL victory celebrations
The stampede took place at Gate Number 3 of the Chinnaswamy Stadium, where the Royal Challengers Bangalore team was expected to arrive.
Eleven persons died and 33 were injured on Wednesday after a stampede broke out at Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said, according to ANI.
The stampede broke out after fans of the team Royal Challengers Bangalore had gathered to celebrate its victory in the Indian Premier League a day earlier. The incident took place at Gate Number 3 of the stadium, where the team was expected to arrive to celebrate the victory, The Hindu reported.
The injured persons are being treated at the city’s Bowring Hospital, the Deccan Herald reported. The police are now urging people to disperse from the area.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that he has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident, ANI reported.
He claimed that 2-3 lakh people came for the victory march in the stadium that has a capacity of only 35,000.
“People even broke the gates of the stadium,” the chief minister said. “There was a stampede. No one expected such a huge crowd.”
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Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said that he spoke to the police commissioner about the matter, ANI reported.
“I will also go to the hospital later,” Shivakumar said. “I do not want to disturb the doctors who are taking care of the patients…We appeal to the people to remain calm.”
The Bharatiya Janata Party, meanwhile, said that the state government should take full responsibility for the tragedy.
“When the whole country and Karnataka were celebrating RCB’s victory, the state government’s haste to hold a victory rally without any prior preparations led to this tragedy,” Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party President BY Vijayendra said, according to ANI.
Hitting out at the state government for not caring about “prior preparations”, Vijayendra demanded that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah should send “the matter for judicial investigation”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the mishap in Bengaluru was heartrending. “In this tragic hour, my thoughts are with all those who have lost their loved ones,” he said. “I pray that those who are injured have a speedy recovery.”
