The Karnataka government on Thursday submitted a status report on the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru that claimed 11 lives and injured more than 50 people to the High Court. In its report, the the state blamed Royal Challengers Bengaluru for serious lapses and mismanagement, adding that the franchise shared a clip featuring star player Virat Kohli
The Karnataka government submitted a status report on the Chinnaswamy stadium stampede in Bengaluru that claimed 11 lives and left over 50 people injured to the High Court on Thursday.
In its report to the High Court regarding the stampede, it has pointed to serious lapses and mismanagement from the franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru inviting people to the event.
According to the state government, no formal permission was taken from the event organiser (DNA). It says that the management only informed the police about the victory parade on June 3 and did not seek formal approval as mandated by the 2009 city order. Consequently, the police denied permission.
Despite police denial, RCB proceeded to publicly promote the event. On June 4, they shared open invitations on social media, including a video appeal by Virat Kohli, encouraging fans to attend the free-entry celebration.
"On 04.06.2025, the RCB, unilaterally and without consultation/ permission from the Bangalore City Police, posted a photo at 7: 01 a.m on the official RCB handle on social media (Instagram, Facebook, X) informing that there is free entry for people and inviting the public to participate in the Victory Parade, which would commence at Vidhana Soudha and conclude at Chinnaswamy Stadium," the report said.
"A second post on Social Media was made by RCB at 8:00 a.m. reiterating this information. Subsequently, on 04.06.2025, at 8:55 am, the RCB shared a video clip of Virat Kohli, on RCB's official handle @ @rcbtweets on X, in which he stated that the team intended to celebrate this victory with the people of Bengaluru city and RCB fans on 04.06.2025 in Bengaluru. Thereafter, RCB made one more post at 3:14 p.m. on 04.06.2024, announcing a Victory Parade to be held from Vidhana Soudha to Chinnaswamy Stadium from 5 00 PM to 6 00 PM, stating that this victory parade would be followed by celebrations at Chinnaswamy Stadium," the report added.
It added that there was no communiction about passes before this, implying that the event was open to all.
"This post mentioned, for the first and only time, that free passes (limited entry) were available on shop.royalchallengers.com, and until this point, there had been no information regarding the disbursement of passes, implying that the event was open to all based on RCB's prior posts. The posts on RCB's official social media handles garnered immense engagement online ( with the first post receiving approximately 16 lakh views, the second post receiving approximately 4. 26 lakh views, the third post receiving approximately 7. 6 lakh views, and the fourth post receiving approximately 17 lakh views). Copies of these posts/announcements made by RCB on Social Medial are produced herewith as Document No. 4 series (pg 56-61). This led to a public gathering of immense proportions, exceeding 3,00,000, individuals," it further added.
Neither the police, nor the organisers had expected such a large turnout. Due to overcrowding at the event organisers at 3:14 p.m. on the day of the event, abruptly announced that entry to the stadium would require passes, contradicting earlier messages and triggering confusion and panic.
The state government further said that the franchise, DNA and KSCA had failed to coordinate. Mismanagement at the entry gates and delayed openings led to a stampede.
To prevent further unrest, the police permitted a restricted version of the event to proceed under controlled conditions.
The aftermath includes both magisterial and judicial probes, registration of FIRs, disciplinary action against police officers, suspension of the Chief Minister's political secretary, transfer of the state intelligence chief, and announcement of compensation for victims.
On June 4, eleven people died and several more were injured in a stampede outside Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy stadium as a huge crowd of nearly 3 lakh people had gathered to witness the victory celebration of RCB for winning the Indian Premier League.
Following the incident, the Karnataka government suspended top police officials at the Cubbon Park Police Station on June 5 and formed a one-man commission under a retired High Court Judge to probe the incident.
The Karnataka government submitted a status report on the Chinnaswamy stadium stampede in Bengaluru that claimed 11 lives and left over 50 people injured to the High Court on Thursday.
In its report to the High Court regarding the stampede, it has pointed to serious lapses and mismanagement from the franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru inviting people to the event.
According to the state government, no formal permission was taken from the event organiser (DNA). It says that the management only informed the police about the victory parade on June 3 and did not seek formal approval as mandated by the 2009 city order. Consequently, the police denied permission.
Despite police denial, RCB proceeded to publicly promote the event. On June 4, they shared open invitations on social media, including a video appeal by Virat Kohli, encouraging fans to attend the free-entry celebration.
"On 04.06.2025, the RCB, unilaterally and without consultation/ permission from the Bangalore City Police, posted a photo at 7: 01 a.m on the official RCB handle on social media (Instagram, Facebook, X) informing that there is free entry for people and inviting the public to participate in the Victory Parade, which would commence at Vidhana Soudha and conclude at Chinnaswamy Stadium," the report said.
"A second post on Social Media was made by RCB at 8:00 a.m. reiterating this information. Subsequently, on 04.06.2025, at 8:55 am, the RCB shared a video clip of Virat Kohli, on RCB's official handle @ @rcbtweets on X, in which he stated that the team intended to celebrate this victory with the people of Bengaluru city and RCB fans on 04.06.2025 in Bengaluru. Thereafter, RCB made one more post at 3:14 p.m. on 04.06.2024, announcing a Victory Parade to be held from Vidhana Soudha to Chinnaswamy Stadium from 5 00 PM to 6 00 PM, stating that this victory parade would be followed by celebrations at Chinnaswamy Stadium," the report added.
It added that there was no communiction about passes before this, implying that the event was open to all.
"This post mentioned, for the first and only time, that free passes (limited entry) were available on shop.royalchallengers.com, and until this point, there had been no information regarding the disbursement of passes, implying that the event was open to all based on RCB's prior posts. The posts on RCB's official social media handles garnered immense engagement online ( with the first post receiving approximately 16 lakh views, the second post receiving approximately 4. 26 lakh views, the third post receiving approximately 7. 6 lakh views, and the fourth post receiving approximately 17 lakh views). Copies of these posts/announcements made by RCB on Social Medial are produced herewith as Document No. 4 series (pg 56-61). This led to a public gathering of immense proportions, exceeding 3,00,000, individuals," it further added.
Neither the police, nor the organisers had expected such a large turnout. Due to overcrowding at the event organisers at 3:14 p.m. on the day of the event, abruptly announced that entry to the stadium would require passes, contradicting earlier messages and triggering confusion and panic.
The state government further said that the franchise, DNA and KSCA had failed to coordinate. Mismanagement at the entry gates and delayed openings led to a stampede.
To prevent further unrest, the police permitted a restricted version of the event to proceed under controlled conditions.
The aftermath includes both magisterial and judicial probes, registration of FIRs, disciplinary action against police officers, suspension of the Chief Minister's political secretary, transfer of the state intelligence chief, and announcement of compensation for victims.
On June 4, eleven people died and several more were injured in a stampede outside Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy stadium as a huge crowd of nearly 3 lakh people had gathered to witness the victory celebration of RCB for winning the Indian Premier League.
Following the incident, the Karnataka government suspended top police officials at the Cubbon Park Police Station on June 5 and formed a one-man commission under a retired High Court Judge to probe the incident.
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