Within the wake of the heartbreaking stampede that occurred exterior the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4, throughout Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 victory celebrations, BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla issued a measured however emotional enchantment for unity, accountability, and immediate motion.
Unlucky incident throughout RCB’s IPL 2025 occasion in Bengaluru
The tragic incident, one which turned a historic celebration right into a nationwide calamity, reportedly claimed at the least 11 lives and left a number of extra injured as uncontrolled crowds surged exterior the stadium gates. The incident unfolded only a day after RCB clinched their first-ever IPL title, defeating Punjab Kings by six runs in a nail-biting remaining in Ahmedabad. Because the crew flew again to Bengaluru in a chartered flight to have fun with their followers, the temper throughout town was jubilant. The day started with an official felicitation ceremony at Vidhana Soudha, the place Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar honoured the gamers with Mysore Peta and garlands of cardamom—a tribute rooted in native custom.
Nevertheless, by late afternoon, scenes round Chinnaswamy Stadium started to spiral uncontrolled. With free entry passes distributed and social media brimming with buzz, an unmanageable crowd of tens of 1000’s started to converge exterior the stadium lengthy earlier than the RCB crew arrived. Regardless of authorities cancelling an earlier deliberate open-top bus parade to forestall such a catastrophe, a stampede nonetheless erupted exterior the stadium gates, a situation that nobody absolutely anticipated.
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Rajeev Shukla reacts to the unlucky stampede
Talking to ANI, Shukla acknowledged the proactive steps taken by the Karnataka authorities to avert such chaos, together with the cancellation of the roadshow. Nevertheless, he admitted that the dimensions and density of the group exterior the stadium had not been foreseen.
“The federal government did cease the roadshow as a way to keep away from stampede or any such state of affairs. Nevertheless it was not anticipated {that a} stampede would occur exterior the stadium. All people ought to work collectively on the injury management,” Shukla said.
Rajeev’s remarks struck a tone of urgency and collective duty, calling on all stakeholders, BCCI, the state authorities, RCB officers, and legislation enforcement companies, to come back collectively to evaluate what went improper and to make sure such tragedies are by no means repeated. Rajeev Shukla sought to depoliticize the state of affairs in his follow-up feedback, stating:
“This will occur in any state and the ruling social gathering shouldn’t be blamed for it. If this occurs in a BJP-ruled state, we should always not blame them. The group was large. I spoke to the franchise, they usually additionally didn’t suppose that such an enormous crowd would collect. This incident occurred all of the sudden,” Shukla concluded.
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