Bengaluru stampede: Police flagged lack of time to prepare and make security arrangements, document shows

An aerial view of followers gathered throughout Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s felicitation ceremony after the group gained the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, at Vidhana Soudha, in Bengaluru on June 04, 2025.
| Picture Credit score: Okay. Murali Kumar

At the same time as a blame sport has damaged out between the police and the State authorities over mishaps throughout Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) victory celebrations, it has now emerged that the Vidhana Soudha safety had flagged considerations of overcrowding, lack of time and absence of safety personnel for the felicitation for the group on the grand steps of Vidhana Soudha.

This letter is the one doc that exhibits the State authorities overruled considerations raised by the Bengaluru Metropolis Police and went forward with RCB victory celebrations. Whereas it’s true that no untoward incidents occurred on the Vidhana Soudha occasion, police have argued an open air occasion on the administrative nerve centre of the state, coupled with a unilateral announcement by RCB of a victory parade on June 4 morning, introduced lakhs to the road finally resulting in a stampede at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

The Division of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR) had written to DCP (Vidhana Soudha Safety) on June 3 looking for opinion on felicitation for the RCB group in the event that they gained within the IPL finals. Responding to this letter on June 4 M. N. Karibasavagowda, DCP (Vidhana Soudha Safety), flagged considerations over “lakhs of RCB followers gathering for the occasion”, mentioned since there was a scarcity of safety personnel within the Vidhana Soudha division making bandobast for the occasion could possibly be an issue. He additional says that there was a scarcity of time to deploy extra personnel from outdoors the Vidhana Soudha Safety unit, to coordinate with Legislation and Order and Site visitors Police.

DCP Vidhana Soudha Safety concludes that there was want of extra time to carry the occasion at Vidhana Soudha, an important set up following all guidelines, however says the police would abide by no matter resolution the federal government takes.

A number of sources mentioned that flagging lack of time to arrange town police advised that the victory celebrations be postponed to Sunday, June 8. Nevertheless, they have been overruled, sources mentioned.