BENGALURU: State authorities blamed the management of India’s Royal Challengers Bengaluru team for last month’s deadly stampede during celebrations for their first IPL title.
Eleven fans were crushed to death and more than 50 wounded in a stampede near the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium after hundreds of thousands packed the streets in Bengaluru on June 4, to welcome home their hero Virat Kohli and his RCB cricket team. Karnataka state authorities singled out the RCB, its partners and the state cricket association for their mismanagement of the event in a report made public on Thursday.
Published in Dawn, July 19th, 2025
