Bengaluru stampede: Karntaka CM blames police again, absolves govt of any fault

NEW DELHI: Karnataka main curate Siddaramaiah connected Sunday defended the determination to spell up with the lawsuit to felicitate the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) players successful beforehand of the Karnataka Vidhana Soudha contempt a stampede extracurricular the adjacent Chinnaswamy Stadium, the team's location ground.

On June 4, on with the ceremonial to felicitate RCB connected clinching their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title, a solemnisation was besides held astatine the Chinnaswamy Stadium, wherever a ample fig of fans thronged, starring to stampede, successful which 11 radical died and 56 were injured."Actually astatine 3:50 pm, deaths were reported astatine the hospital. I got to cognize lone astatine 5:45 pm. Until then, I did not cognize astir the stampede and deaths," quality bureau PTI quoted Siddaramaiah arsenic saying.

He was speaking to reporters during a sojourn to Mysuru.The main curate besides clarified that the ceremonial astatine the Vidhana Soudha was by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), and that helium attended the programme lone arsenic an invitee."The KSCA caput and treasurer met and invited me. It was not organised by us. They had, and I was invited. They told maine that the politician would besides come. So, I had gone. Other than that, I don't cognize anything.

The authorities has thing to do...I was not invited to the stadium event," the Congress person said."Nothing untoward happened astatine the Vidhana Soudha. The stampede incidental happened astatine the stadium later," helium added.DCP's missive surfacesSiddaramaiah's remarks travel adjacent arsenic a missive by DCP (Vidhana Soudha security) to the caput to the Karnataka government's Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR), surfaced . The missive warned against organising the relation hastily, and highlighted that the unit did not person an capable fig of unit to supply information for a ceremonial wherever a ample fig of radical would gather, astatine abbreviated notice.This successful effect to the DPAR seeking the DCP's sentiment connected holding the felicitation lawsuit connected the expansive stairs of the Vidhana Soudha to honour the RCB players."RCB has a instrumentality pursuing crossed the country. Organising the lawsuit successful a hurry connected the expansive stairs of Vidhana Soudha volition pb to lakhs of cricket fans arriving there. This volition pb to problems successful 'bandobast' (arrangement) since determination is simply a shortage of officers/personnel," the DCP's missive read.The serviceman further said if the lawsuit is organised, passes for visitors to Vidhana Soudha should beryllium wholly stopped.Also, arsenic determination were chances of the secretariat unit getting their household members for the event, helium suggested an bid aimed astatine ensuring this doesn't happen. The serviceman besides sought a vacation successful the day for secretariat unit to guarantee that they excessively don't travel there.The DCP besides called for installation of much CCTV cameras successful the vicinity of Vidhana Soudha - which is simply a captious installation - and adjacent places successful presumption of the ample gatherings expected.