Bengaluru, Jul 1 (PTI) The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Tuesday noticed that the Royal Challengers Bengaluru are “prima facie accountable” for the stampede exterior Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4, which led to the dying of 11 folks.
Practically 2.5 lakh followers thronged the MG Highway and Cubbon Highway areas close to the stadium after RCB introduced a victory parade from the Vidhana Soudha and a fan engagement programme on the stadium to have fun the crew’s maiden IPL triumph.
“…due to this fact, prima facie it seems that the RCB is accountable for the gathering of about three to 5 lakh folks. The RCB didn’t take the suitable permission or consent from the Police,” the CAT famous.
“All of a sudden, they posted on social media platforms and on account of aforesaid data the general public had been gathered,” added the CAT in its commentary.
The RCB had posted in its social media handles in regards to the parade and the fan engagement on the morning of June 4, and the Tribunal famous that the police division didn’t have adequate time in its fingers to handle such a big gathering at such brief discover.
“Due to scarcity of time on 04.06.2026, the Police was unable to do the suitable preparations. Adequate time was not given to the Police. All of a sudden, the RCB created the aforesaid sort of nuisance with none prior permission.
“Police personnel are additionally human beings. They’re neither “God” (Bhagwan) nor Magician and in addition not having the magic powers like “Alladdin ka Chirag” which was in a position to fulfil any want solely by rubbing a finger,” the CAT noticed.
The RCB administration was not obtainable to make a touch upon this growth.
Earlier, expenses had been pressed towards RCB and the Karnataka State Cricket Affiliation with regard to the tragic occasions, resulting in the resignation of KSCA secretary A. Shankar and treasurer Jayaram.
