IPL champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Wednesday issued a press release following the dying of 11 folks and over 47 accidents in a stampede that occurred when 1000’s gathered to have fun the IPL last victory of franchise. “We’re deeply anguished by the unlucky incidents which have come to mild by media experiences concerning public gatherings throughout Bengaluru in anticipation of the group’s arrival this afternoon. The protection and well-being of everyone seems to be of utmost significance to us,” RCB mentioned.
“RCB mourns the tragic lack of lives and lengthen our heartfelt condolences to the affected households. Instantly upon being made conscious of the scenario, we promptly amended our program, and adopted, the steerage and recommendation of the native administration. We urge all our supporters to please keep secure,” it added.
RCB talisman Virat Kohli additionally shared the assertion on Instagram, saying, “Confused. Completely gutted.”
On Wednesday morning, the group’s administration had introduced that they might maintain a victory parade in an open bus from Vidhana Soudha to the stadium, roughly 1 km away, earlier than an occasion on the stadium for which restricted free passes can be obtainable on-line.
𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗿𝘂
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— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) June 4, 2025
At 11:56 am on Wednesday, nonetheless, the site visitors police introduced that there can be no victory parade. Round 1:30 pm, the RCB group arrived at HAL airport and took a bus to the lodge earlier than continuing to Vidhana Soudha. By then, 1000’s had gathered across the Vidhana Soudha, the place Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was scheduled to felicitate the group.
In response to the police, by 3 pm, round 50,000 folks have been inside a 1-kilometre radius, and the quantity was solely rising.
In response to officers investigating the incident, the gang anticipated that after the felicitation, the open bus would head in direction of the stadium. As many didn’t have tickets to enter the venue, they hoped they might at the least catch a glimpse of the cricket stars on the bus, unaware that the victory parade had been cancelled.
When the group did go away for the stadium, it was in a closed bus.
Tragedy struck round 4:45 pm, when Gate 1 of the stadium partially opened and a crowd, comprising each ticket holders and people with out tickets, tried to swarm into the premises.