- 6/4/2025
A stampede at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore during the RCB IPL trophy celebration resulted in 11 deaths and 47 injuries.
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03:44People's fans had turned up beyond our expected numbers.
04:00Beyond our expectations, people had turned up for the celebration.
04:08There were more than a lakh people outside Vidana Souda.
04:16Vidana Souda, there was nothing untoward that had happened.
04:34However, at the Chinaswami Stadium, this tragic incident has happened.
04:46Chief Minister made it clear that nothing happened at the Vidana Souda, but only at the Chinaswami Stadium, and it was very unexpected.
04:56This tragic incident was totally unexpected. We had not expected it, and neither did the Cricket Association.
05:08The stadium can accommodate 35,000 people.
05:20Sidramaya was listing down the reason why the tragic incident happened. He says that the stadium can accommodate 35,000 members.
05:30But two to three lakh people turned up.
05:46A place that can only accommodate 35,000 people, two to three lakh people turned up.
05:58This was completely unexpected.
06:16We did not expect that so many people would turn up.
06:27Chief Minister Sidramaya making it clear that they were not prepared for the kind of frenzy that would turn up.
06:35They were expecting that a little more than what they could accommodate would come, but not to this extent.
06:47A lot of young individuals have lost their lives. Both men and women have lost their lives, but they are all very young.
07:12But they are also concerned, and they are not separated.
07:32Chief Minister announces 10 lakh rupees compensation for the family of deceased.
07:3410 lakh rupees would be given to the families of all 11 individuals who lost their lives
07:50at the stampede as compensation.
07:55Now for those who have been injured, free treatments would be given.
08:14Those who have been admitted at private hospitals, they would also be receiving free treatment.
08:21The treatment expenses would be borne by the Karnataka government.
08:28The three individuals who have been injured, to all of them there would be free treatment.
08:46But the three individuals who have been injured, 47 injured.
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09:21They have all been injured.
09:23The chief minister speaks to the doctor and he says all of them are out of danger.
09:44All requirements including transport and food to those injured would be taken care of.
10:14The chief minister is making it clear that it was an unexpected tragedy that the government had not seen coming.
10:29We pray that those who lost their lives at the stampede attain peace.
10:45The students have also lost their lives, they believe.
11:03We pray that those who lost their lives, they believe.
11:10We pray that those who lost their lives, they believe.
11:17We pray that those who lost their lives, they believe.
11:23I have ordered for a magisterial inquiry into the matter.
11:38The district commissioner would be heading the investigation to find out who the culprit is, who is responsible for this unexpected tragedy.
12:00Mr. once again making it clear that it was an unexpected tragedy and the government had not expected that so many people would turn up.
12:21In fact, he also said that Chinaswami Segal can only accommodate 35,000 people but two to three lakh of them turned up.
12:29Crazy numbers that the government had not expected.
12:31Chief minister repeating his statements again that this was an unexpected tragedy, not seen coming by the Kharanika government at all.
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13:06are saying that the congress government here is busy in photo op.
13:10They forgot to do their duty today is what the union ministers are also treating, sir.
13:14No, no. I do not want to play politics here in this case.
13:19We people are playing politics. I do not want to play politics.
13:24That is why I am the magistral inquiry.
13:34I am the judge.
13:37I will not have to play politics.
13:39I will not have to play politics.
13:42I will not have to play politics.
13:47This is the order to come down to the court.
13:51No, no. I do not want to defend the incident, the tragedy so happened.
14:14I do not want to defend. I do not want to play politics in this.
14:20Our government is not going to play politics in this.
14:23Sir, grand stuff had a better job.
14:25See, let us see the outcome of the magistral report.
14:30I will give fifteen days time.
14:32Sir, is there preliminary information? What exactly happened during this time?
14:37Sir, what created the chaos? Which case did it happen?
14:40No. See, there are only small gates.
14:47Yes.
14:48I think, I hope that you have visited the cricket stadium.
14:53Yes, sir.
14:54There are small gates. The people entered the, entered through the gates.
15:00They have broken the gates.
15:03They have broken the gates also.
15:08So, Stampede has taken place.
15:12Nobody has expected.
15:17So much of a crowd will come because the capacity of the stadium is only 35,000 people.
15:27Only 35,000 seats are there.
15:32But two to three lakh people have come to participate in this celebration.
15:47So, that is why, see,
15:51it looks like that.
15:55It doesn't mean that,
15:57that is why,
16:04that is why,
16:05that is why,
16:06I ordered,
16:07ordered magistral enquiry.
16:10I have given 15 days time.
16:13Sir, Rahul Kami has tweeted,
16:16Sir, Rahul Kami has just tweeted,
16:19Sir,
16:20every safety protocol for public event must be reviewed by the government and strictly enforced.
16:25Rahul Kami just now, sir.
16:26I have no idea.
16:27Sir,
16:28Incolligence is there.
16:29Sir,
16:30Incolligence is there.
16:31Sir,
16:32Incolligence is there.
16:33Sir,
16:34Incolligence is there.
16:35Sir,
16:36Incolligence is there.
16:37Sir,
16:38Incolligence is there.
16:39Incolligence is there.
16:40Sir,
16:41Incolligence is there.
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16:45I have no idea.
16:47Sir,
16:48I have to say,
16:49No,
16:50I got a grand step from there.
16:51But,
16:52I have to say,
16:53No,
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16:55No,
16:56You have to say,
16:57No,
16:58They're not.
16:59No,
17:00No,
17:01No,
17:02No,
17:03No,
17:04No,
17:05No,
17:07No,
17:08See, it is Cricket Association which arranged the program.
17:24There is no doubt about it, but there is no doubt about it.
17:41But we can't talk about it in Cricket Stadium.
17:45I can't go.
17:47I can't go.
17:57No doubt about it.
18:00I can't go.
18:06You don't have any information, you don't have any information, you don't have any information.
18:25Chief Minister Sipidamaya says that nothing happened in front of Vidhan Sauda according to this information.
18:31A lot of such stampeds have happened before, a lot of stampeds have happened in the past.
18:51I am not here to defend by saying that Kumbha Mela stampede had happened in Kumbha Mela as well.
18:58He had died in Kumbha Mela stampede.
19:05I have never played politics during Kumbha Mela stampede. I have never done that.
19:12I have never played politics during Kumbha Mela stampede. I have never played politics during Kumbha Mela stampede.
19:19I have never played politics during Kumbha Mela stampede. I have never played politics during Kumbha Mela stampede.
19:26I have never done it. But Karnataka government and especially me, I have not criticized anybody during Kumbha Mela stampede.
19:33I have never played politics in stampede issue.
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19:47Howe them do this?
19:48There is no hope that you are not prepared.
19:50It is no more.
19:52Nook, nook.
19:57We had not invited the players. It was the cricket association who had invited them.
20:11We had only nearly given permission.
20:24If we had not given permission, we would have received a bad claim from you saying that the government has not permitted the players.
20:32Chief Mr. saying that it wasn't the government that had invited, but it was the association that had organized it, but the government has only given a go-ahead.
20:49This tragic incident should not have happened.
21:01We extend our condolences for tragic events.
21:07Our duty is only to deploy police officers for the event.
21:17Our duty is only to give adequate security and police protection, not to organize people.
21:25But an unfortunate event has happened.
21:27And that's why we have ordered it to be still a registrarian employee.
21:37So, in hindsight, you would feel that more police should have been deployed near the stadium.
21:41They are today questioning the chief minister as to more, if more policemen should have been deployed at the spot.
21:46If there are police people available in Mysore city, they are deployed.
21:51Bangalore City.
21:52Bangalore City.
21:53Bangalore City.
21:54Bangalore City.
21:55Bangalore City.
21:56Bangalore City Police have been deployed.
21:58See, earlier also, the chief police people were doing the security job.
22:04During the matches.
22:05This time also they were doing the security job.
22:09See, of course, it should not have been happened.
22:14This tragedy should not have been happened.
22:18We are with the sufferers, victims.
22:24Yet, the former government had to get arrested.
22:50The future of agents was taken.
22:51Only those fans and members who had received passes and tickets should have come, but
23:21the numbers who turned up were way more than the passes issued.
23:27The number of tickets sold would equal the number of seats in the stadium, so only those
23:37people who held the passes should have turned up for the event.
23:46The number of tickets is being asked to the Chief Minister if this is negligency of the
23:49ticket association.
23:50The Chief Minister replies that an enquiry has been ordered to really find out who the
23:55culture is.
23:56The Chief Minister says that he can't really find out the reason before an enquiry is done.
24:02The Chief Minister says that he can't really find out the reason before an enquiry is done.
24:33And it's the Chief Minister's bizarre defence where he says that only those who were given
24:40tickets should have come.
24:42Stampede also happened in Kumbh.
24:45And that there was no politics.
24:47At least he did not do any politics over Kumbh.
24:50There should be no politics over what happened here.
24:5435,000 was the seating capacity at the Chinnaswami Stadium.
24:57But according to the Chief Minister, between 2 lakh to 3 lakh cricket lovers turned up.
25:04And some of the images, and we cannot even show you those images of the stampede that took place.
25:09They're truly horrifying.
25:10Some very young children, they've lost their lives.
25:14Children who were caught in the stampede.
25:17And as the Chief Minister said, the crowds that surged,
25:21they broke through the gates of the Chinnaswami Stadium.
25:24But imagine a capacity of 35,000 and the Chief Minister says more than 2 to 3 lakh came.
25:30He said, we did not organise this.
25:32This was organised by the Cricket Association.
25:35So clearly, the Siddharamaya government is washing its hands off.
25:39The organisation of this cricket celebration or the IPL Trophy celebration,
25:46Royal Challengers Bangalore, after 18 years,
25:50the trophy was coming to Bangalore and for the first time for the home team.
25:55And that is why perhaps between 2 to 3 lakh people, according to the Chief Minister,
26:00turned up at a stadium where passes had been issued, according to him,
26:04only for about 30,000 to 35,000 people.
26:07And he said, what could I do?
26:09Had I not given clearance for this, people would have said that why wasn't this cleared?
26:15But whatever, their only job was to provide police for arrangements.
26:20But was that adequate?
26:22So a magisterial inquiry has been ordered.
26:25The magistrate has been directed to submit his report in 15 days.
26:30The sad part is, 11 people, and especially youngsters,
26:35one child is just about 13 years old.
26:37So a 13-year-old teenager, some young boys, some young girls,
26:42are amongst those who have lost their lives.
26:44Nagarjun Dwarkhanath joins me for more on this.
26:48And in between this press conference, the Chief Minister also lost his cool,
26:52virtually telling a journalist to shut up and sit down.
26:55Give us details of what all the Chief Minister said.
26:5815 days for a magisterial inquiry,
27:0010 lakh rupees compensation for next off-gen.
27:03Bring us other highlights, Nagarjun.
27:09Well, Chief Minister has just announced a DC inquiry,
27:1210 lakh compensation to be given to the families of the deceased members.
27:16And all the injured will be taken care of.
27:18The hospital will be giving free treatments.
27:20The government will take care of their treatment as well.
27:22And he said he would not like to play politics.
27:25Right now, I am joined with a Congress legislator,
27:28Mr. Dr. Rangnath as well.
27:30Sir, you have heard the Chief Minister say that this was an unexpected tragedy.
27:35He is not going to defend it.
27:36But an inquiry will be ordered.
27:38But the BGP is saying the onus is on the government.
27:41Both Deputy Chief Minister and the Chief Minister
27:43were busy shooting Instagram reels instead of taking care of the people.
27:47See, this is not the first time a program is happening.
27:50And this is not the big gathering which has happened.
27:54But there was an 18 years gap of this trophy winning.
27:59There was untoward incidents which are not supposed to happen.
28:03It has happened.
28:04Even nobody guessed that kind of frenzy mob reaction from the public.
28:10So, for the same reason, we are just putting into a magistrate inquiry
28:15to know what are the lapses being done.
28:19So, in fact, we are also really saddened by this tragedy.
28:24And we are with the victims.
28:26We are taking the onus.
28:27And definitely we will correct the system.
28:29You are a doctor by profession yourself.
28:31Tell us what would have happened to those 11 people.
28:33How suffocating was it?
28:35Or what would be the cause of death at that point of time?
28:37Generally, there is a strategy of going in a crowd.
28:43You need to avoid the stampede.
28:45Once you are fallen on the ground, there is a procedure.
28:48You need to, we say in medical terms, you need to fall on the lateral side.
28:52So, if you fall on the back, they will press on your chest.
28:59They will stamp on your abdomen.
29:01Definitely, naturally, there will be a suffocation.
29:03If you fall on your stomach, naturally, they will be stamping on your spine.
29:08So, for that reason, you need to fall on the side.
29:10And you need to hold in a crumpled position what we do in an airway
29:13when there is a bad time which we see.
29:16So, there are procedures which we definitely, we should educate the people
29:21in this kind of incidents.
29:24What are the procedures how to avoid the stampede?
29:26This is, Dr. Rangnath is a legislator and an MLA.
29:30He himself is a qualified doctor as well, sir.
29:32But there is also a question that when the deaths were happening,
29:36the government still went into the stadium, lifted the trophy.
29:40Isn't there part of, the government should have been more sensible.
29:42Isn't it the part of the government to be more sensitive towards these incidents
29:46and maybe call off or even tell the Cricket Association saying,
29:49let's cancel this event.
29:51We have to respect what has happened.
29:53No, to my knowledge, this incident happened after the Vidant Souda incidents, I believe.
30:00So, the government, once everybody came to know that incidents happened,
30:04everybody rushed to hospital.
30:05Even CM, sir, DCM, sir, O-Minister, together, they rushed to boring hospital.
30:10I don't think so, any, that kind of, I mean, overreacted by our government, I believe.
30:18We were really very much happy to receive the RCP team, but this untoward incident, it has saddened us.
30:26Thank you so much.
30:28That was Dr. Ragnath, and I also have Mr. Rizwan Arshad.
30:31He's the MLA where Vidant Souda comes in his constituency, the high court comes in his constituency,
30:36the stadium comes in his constituency, and also the hospital, the people are admitted, comes in his constituency.
30:41Sir, you were there at the event also.
30:43What exactly happened?
30:44The BJP is saying the Congress government failed in handling this event.
30:48See, I don't think so, this is the time to politicize the tragedy we are facing.
30:55The fact of the matter is, after 18 years, when the RCB has won this tournament,
31:00people are too emotional, they've all come out.
31:03The capacity of the stadium is 33,000, and the crowd which gathered there was more than 3 lakh, right?
31:10And all the people wanted to enter the stadium.
31:13And the match got concluded late night, and the Cricket Association wanted to celebrate,
31:20and today, in the morning, they informed the administration.
31:24Since there was a special request, we did agree.
31:27Fortunately, we did organize a program on the grand steps of Vidant Souda,
31:31where nearly a lakh people gathered there too.
31:35Otherwise, this crowd would also have gone to the stadium.
31:39That would have been a bigger tragedy.
31:40So, very unfortunate, our government has very clearly said that we will enquire,
31:48there will be a magisterial enquiry, time-bound within 15 days,
31:52and we will ensure that if there are any lapses in this, organizing this whole thing,
32:01people will be punished.
32:02Should there have been more police deployed?
32:04Should the Cricket Association have spoken to you more often,
32:08or at least communicated better, saying that which gate people would be allowed,
32:11which gate we need more security?
32:12You think, in hindsight, this could have been done better?
32:15I think, yes, in hindsight, a lot of things can be planned, I mean, understood much better.
32:21We should refrain ourselves from overnight deciding to have a celebration.
32:29Very true.
32:29You know, that is a kind of thing we have understood,
32:33that no overnight kind of decisions to celebrate.
32:37Although people are...
32:38You know, Nagarjun, if you can hear me, please ask him.
32:42Fair enough, the crowds were excited.
32:44What was the administration doing?
32:46Was the administration as excited?
32:48Why didn't the administration deploy adequate number of police personnel?
32:52Why weren't the crowds channelized?
32:54Now, the first thing that the administration is taught,
32:57whether you're an IPS officer or an IES officer,
33:00the first thing you're taught is crowd control.
33:02Why is it that if only 35,000 passes were issued,
33:05why were 3,000 people there?
33:11I'm just putting you on the loudspeaker, Gaurav.
33:13Could you please repeat the question?
33:15Sir, my question is simple.
33:17The crowds were excited.
33:19Yes, the trophies coming after 18 years,
33:22but what was the administration doing from morning?
33:24Why weren't adequate arrangements put in place
33:27to ensure that if 35,000 passes have been issued,
33:303,000,000 people should not assemble?
33:32There were holding areas that should have been made.
33:34Was all this planning done?
33:36Or did just everyone go, you know, in that herd mentality,
33:39let's see what happens.
33:41No planning.
33:43You think the administration should have put in better planning
33:50because you knew what would happen.
33:52People would come after 18 years, the cup had come home.
33:55There would be a lot of fans coming.
33:57You saw what had happened last night.
33:58Also, the administration should have been done better.
34:00The more police should have been deployed is the question.
34:02The whole Bangalore City police was on the roads.
34:05They were deployed.
34:06They were on duty.
34:07I think if not, there would have been much bigger tragedy.
34:10The way I myself have seen it personally,
34:14that would have been a bigger tragedy than what we are seeing today,
34:18if the administration was not alert.
34:20But having said that, I don't want to say something to escape from this responsibility.
34:27A magistral inquiry will be held.
34:30People will be held responsible who might have taken responsibility and not delivered the way they should have delivered.
34:38A 13-year-old child is among those who have been killed.
34:46Youngsters have died.
34:49Now, India Today has accessed, and I want our viewers to look at those videos.
34:53The moment of that stampede, look at the way the crowds are just being shepherded there or are rushing.
35:00Where was the police?
35:02Why didn't additional police be called in?
35:05If these were many people who are coming in, watch this.
35:09The police, inadequate.
35:11Where were senior officers?
35:13Supervision found wanting.
35:15This is where leadership comes in.
35:18This is where crowd control comes in.
35:19And that's the first lesson that IIS and IPS officers are taught about crowd management.
35:26Because whether it's temples or mosques or celebrations,
35:29one thing you know in India, there will be crowds.
35:32So the administration is taught crowd control.
35:35The opposition, of course, is taking on the government.
35:37Their question is, was everyone just more interested in getting a picture taken with Virat Kohli and the team
35:44and not looking after administration outside.
35:47And that is where these people were stuck.
35:49What is even more appalling, celebrations were underway at the Chinnaswami Stadium.
35:55The deputy chief minister in attendance, all of that continued as people were dying outside.
36:00That's a fact that people are reporting on ground.
36:03So where was administration helping people at that point of time?
36:07And these are questions that perhaps that magisterial inquiry will seek answers to.
36:14Nikhil Naz also joins me on this debate, on this discussion.
36:18Also, reports of our reporters.
36:20I want to bring in Nikhil, if you can hear me.
36:22And I also want to bring in Dr. Nagendra Rangappa, spokesperson of the BJP, joining us on the show.
36:30Tahseen Poonawala joins us on the show.
36:32Sandeep Anirudhan is a citizen activist.
36:34Commodore G.J. Singh is a defense analyst, a resident of Bengaluru.
36:37Incidentally, he was there.
36:39Yashavardhan Azad, former top police officer.
36:42Again, somebody who will talk to us about what transpired there.
36:46So was this failure to anticipate the enthusiasm of cricket lovers in Karnataka?
36:50Or is this far more serious than that?
36:54I want to bring in our guests into this broadcast.
36:56And Commodore G.J. Singh, I want to begin by asking you, sir.
36:59You were there.
37:00What happened?
37:02You see, Gaurab, first of all, let me tell you the extent of emotion that grip,
37:08Bangalore was visible right from yesterday evening, yesterday night.
37:13Because the whole skyline of Bangalore was illuminated with the red-colored, multicolored crackers and sort of totally illuminated with multicolored crackers.
37:28Now, when you know that you expect a large number of people there in lax, hordes, multitude, tons of people coming in,
37:38I think the very choice of the venue was wrong.
37:41We have a palace ground very close to it, to Vedant Sabha.
37:47I think that would have been a much better choice.
37:51You were there, right?
37:52What happened?
37:52Was the police there?
37:54I just want to understand from you.
37:55What happened there, Commodore G.J. Singh?
37:57No, what happened there was that I had gone there to my army officers institute, very close by, to the Chinnaswami Stadium.
38:08And when I went close by, I saw that the crowd there was totally uncontrollable.
38:17I think something had triggered, as it has been revealed now, that it was because of the slab collapsing, the drain slab collapsing and people falling into it.
38:30The moment I saw that time of, you know, people running helter-skelter in confusion, I retreated, frankly, because I did not think it wise to go forward.
38:40Fair enough.
38:41Let me also bring in Sandeep Anirudhan into this conversation.
38:45Sandeep, can the administration and the government get away by saying, too many fans turned up, much more than anticipated?
38:51They thought there will be 30,000 to 35,000 and 2 to 3,000,000 came?
38:54So, Governor, that's an incredibly irresponsible statement from the government.
39:03In India, cricket is religion.
39:06They should have expected a few lakh of people, especially when this was a win after 18 years of weight.
39:14The city was delirious right from yesterday.
39:17Even average citizens can estimate that there would have been lakhs of people for any sort of victory parade.
39:22Victory parades happening, I mean, they happen, they get managed.
39:27And it's not rocket science.
39:30The city administration, the police should have been able to estimate and ensure crowd control.
39:37They failed totally at it.
39:39The malaise, this is a symptom, actually.
39:41The larger malaise is that we don't have a city government.
39:44We haven't had elections for five years.
39:46We don't have corporators or a mayor whom we can hold responsible.
39:50The people who are claiming to run the city are from the next fire of government, which is the state government.
39:58And we have a chief minister and a deputy chief minister who are obsessed with being the mayor and deputy mayor of the city,
40:05whereby they don't do anything right for the city as well as they ignore the state.
40:10So, we have a case of a headless chicken running the state of Karnataka.
40:16These politicians have no clue what they are doing.
40:19And we are seeing the outcomes of very poor governance, zero planning.
40:25And this is not just the last two, three years.
40:28I think Bengaluru is dying a slow death.
40:31It's been three decades in the coming.
40:33We don't have planning.
40:34We don't have governance.
40:34This Supreme Court itself called out our city as being an excellent example of urban ruin due to haphazard development.
40:43I think we are paying the price of our success.
40:46The politicians here are extremely greedy and they don't want to provide governance.
40:50This is the problem.
40:50Some of the images, Sandeep, are so heartbreaking that we cannot even put them out on television like a young child who just can't breathe.
40:58Who is, you know, after that stampede and the manner in which the victims are being taken.
41:04But, Dr. Rangappa, is this the fault of the administration, the police?
41:08Why is the Siddharamaya government being blamed?
41:11They are saying, let's not have any politics on a tragedy.
41:16See, first of all, I would like to condole the deaths that have occurred.
41:21It is totally unfortunate it should not happen.
41:26And if it happens due to some person's negligence and insensitive behavior, it reflects the state of law and order in Karnataka.
41:39We have always been saying that the Karnataka law and order has collapsed.
41:44There is no proper administration that is happening.
41:47What do you mean to say that?
41:48We didn't expect more than 35,000 people about 100 meters from Vidanshavar Center of Bangalore Power Center.
41:58You can't escape by saying that we will have to come forward.
42:02Why did you not plan?
42:04People have joined the celebration.
42:08And you are so insensitive that inside the stadium, that function keeps going on.
42:15And there is nothing happening outside.
42:16Sir, as a doctor, let me tell you, the ambulance has reached there 40 minutes after this incident.
42:23There was no ambulance placed.
42:25So, what is the meaning of this?
42:26This is gross negligence, criminal negligence on the part of Siddharamaya government.
42:30Okay, Tahseen Poonawala, you want to respond to that?
42:34Because amongst the dead is a 13-year-old child, 11 dead.
42:38The opposition very clearly says it's total failure of the administration.
42:42There was chaos.
42:43Now, if there was a parade to happen, and I want to read out to you what the Home Minister has been quoted as saying.
42:50Was there to be a parade?
42:53Was there not to be a parade?
42:55There was so much confusion that no one knew what was going to happen.
43:00Gaurav, at the onset, gratitude to Komodo Singh for his services to our nation.
43:06Thank you so much, sir, for your services.
43:09For people like you, we are safe.
43:10Gaurav, thank you for having me on the show.
43:13I would not like to, unlike the BJP spokesperson, I would not do politics.
43:17I remember I was on your show during the Kumbh Melan, I never did politics.
43:20But there is a general thing in India, and it's across party lines, across states, and Gaurav will agree with me.
43:26We don't value human lives.
43:28I agree with one thing.
43:29Once this tragedy happened, this should have shut.
43:32Period.
43:32I tweeted about it myself.
43:34I have a young child, Gaurav.
43:35And that broke my heart.
43:37You can't do this.
43:39And how long are we going to blame IPS officers, IAS officers or police?
43:43They do their best.
43:44They are stressed out in their jobs.
43:45It is ultimately, if the police put in the protocols,
43:49the politicians across party lines get angry with them.
43:52They don't put in the protocols.
43:53People don't listen.
43:54At some point, we have to pause and ask ourselves, are we doing the right thing?
43:58And we as citizens need to take accountability.
44:01We as citizens need to take accountability from our leaders.
44:03What is going on?
44:04Once you knew that this kind of celebration happened last night,
44:09it was obvious media was covering it.
44:10There was going to be a lot of people.
44:12Of course, the administration should have put its foot down.
44:14There should have been more SOPs.
44:16There should have been more drones, AI-driven drones.
44:19These things should have happened.
44:20Hindsight is always 20-20.
44:22Even the cricketers, I'm surprised.
44:25And I have a lot of respect for them.
44:26But when you knew the tragedy happened, it's all over social media.
44:29You should have just walked away.
44:30Shouldn't have continued the program.
44:32I hope, despite being a voter of the opposition,
44:35NFIR is filed against the organizers.
44:37Whoever the organizers are, NFIR must be filed.
44:40People should be hauled up.
44:42I hope the magistrate inquiry comes in 15 days.
44:44And as the Honorable Chief Minister says,
44:46justice should be given to those people who are injured.
44:48This is not a country where people are allowed lies are allowed to be taken.
44:51Those who have died.
44:52Because Sandeep, when you look at those images,
44:56that there are people that are, you know,
44:59amongst the fans, they are performing CPR.
45:03They are trying to resuscitate people.
45:05Where were ambulances?
45:06The BJP says the first ambulance came 40 minutes late.
45:09There are other eyewitnesses who are saying the same.
45:12The ambulances were late.
45:13We don't value human lives at all in our country.
45:16And can the Chief Minister get away by saying,
45:19we didn't organize it.
45:20The Cricket Association did.
45:21We would have looked bad had we not given permission.
45:24So, we gave permission.
45:27No, that's, you know, moving away from responsibility.
45:32Any event of public nature and which has to be held at this scale requires police permission
45:41and permission from at least 10 other departments.
45:44So, prima facie, the government has failed in its responsibility.
45:49They should not have given permission if they don't see it fit that sufficient facilities
45:54have not been provided.
45:55And I don't buy this argument they didn't expect a big crowd.
45:59India is a cricket crazy country.
46:01Cricket is religion here.
46:03Any small event will bring lakhs of fans.
46:06And they will be unruly.
46:08It's a given.
46:09And it's not like we cannot manage victory parades.
46:12We've been managing them.
46:13I mean, throughout the RCB history itself, there is a team winning every year.
46:17And they go back and celebrate in their city.
46:20It's not something new.
46:21So, it's a failure of civic administration.
46:27And that's because we don't have an administration in the city which is in connect with the people.
46:32It is being run by bureaucrats on behalf of the state politicians right now.
46:36That's where it's fundamentally flawed.
46:37We don't have a city government.
46:39We deserve one under the 74th Amendment.
46:42And we don't have one.
46:43And every, be it BJP or Congress, whenever they are in power, they will prevent elections.
46:51That is all they do.
46:51They will prevent elections so that the state ministers can keep tipping their...
46:55There's a statement that's being attributed to the Karnataka Home Minister, Parmeshwara Rao,
47:00indicating that there was not going to be an official celebration following the team win.
47:05Despite this, we are told a large crowd gathered outside the Chinnaswami Stadium, which led to confusion.
47:11Initially, the Bengaluru traffic police also claimed that the parade was cancelled.
47:15Later, they said that they were just making preparations just in case.
47:19Now, does that indicate the kind of kiosk that prevailed?
47:245,000 policemen were told on duty to manage a crowd of what 2 to 3 lakhs that the chief minister says turned up?
47:30Sir, if you say that I didn't know that such a program was happening, then what are you telling me?
47:42Are you telling me that you have failed in your duties?
47:44Or if you say that we knew that so many people were coming, so we didn't have too many people, so we didn't post them,
47:51then are you going to tell us when so many people are getting assembled, you don't have an ambulance?
47:56And are you telling me that the organizers need to have any role to play there and you allow them to have the function?
48:02This indicates that there is total failure of government in Karnataka.
48:07The home minister, not only in this incident, in many other incidents, has shown a similar attitude.
48:12And there is total collapse of law and order and this is the pinnacle which has reflected in such a sad incident.
48:20You know, Tahseen Poonawala, BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla says this is a tragedy.
48:27There should be no politics on it.
48:29The BCCI and the Cricket Association, they've actually distanced themselves saying that this was an event by the government.
48:36The government saying it's not our event, it was by the Cricket Association, all we've done is we've provided police security.
48:43That was all that our job was.
48:45That's all that we did.
48:47And this just shows the moment there's a tragedy, nobody's stepping up to take responsibility.
48:54But that is Gaurav expected in our country.
48:56I mean, even if you say there was, I don't want to go to Mahakum because that was an extraordinary event.
49:01Let's look at the other, you know in Uttar Pradesh there was a god man where there was also a,
49:05a massive stampede that took place where I think a hundred odd people passed away.
49:10Again, there was so much passing the buck between the DM, the other administrators, the local government.
49:15Then in Telangana government, and I'm purposely saying BJP Congress so there's no politics.
49:19Then actor, there was a stampede out there.
49:21Ultimately the DCP had to come down and move the actor out.
49:24He refused to listen to us, to the inspectors on duty.
49:27I think there are a couple of things that we all have to understand.
49:29We need to start respecting officers on duty.
49:32Number two, yes, I'm glad that the police were there.
49:34What about the other arrangements?
49:35What about the fire brigade, the ambulances, water stops, immediate medical facilities?
49:41Look, when I was, when I used to run restaurants, I went abroad and did a management course in crowd management.
49:46And the reason I had to go abroad is there is no course in India for crowd management.
49:50We are honestly, we get away through luck and that's not how it should be.
49:58Give me a moment, I quickly want to cut across and listen in to the Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivkumar.
50:02The police department.
50:03Thank you very much.
50:33Thank you very much.
51:03Thank you very much.
51:33Thank you very much.
52:02Thank you very much.
52:04Thank you very much.
52:06We are very sorry.
52:07We are aware of it.
52:08We are very sorry.
52:09This tragic incident could not have happened.
52:12We never expected such an incident would have happened.
52:16Of course, no one wants, no political party or no officials doesn't want.
52:23They have done their best in their lives.
52:25But it was an uncontrollable crowd.
52:27We never expected such a big falling.
52:30After 18 years, they have been looking at something great, something great.
52:35It was a team effort which has happened.
52:38And you see the thick crowd.
52:40They have left all their jobs, all their places and their bed.
52:44The entire Vidhan Soda came on the street outside.
52:47I could see the Manipal Hospital, all the other IT people, everything worked out.
52:53The HAL, entire HAL staff was there in the airport itself.
52:58Sir, at 9.30 in the morning, there was a program list released by RCB.
53:02Without consulting the state government, they only spoke about…
53:05That is what I am telling you.
53:08They released it.
53:09I don't want to comment much, find fault on others.
53:12I don't want to call ourselves.
53:14So, now myself and Chief Minister, we discussed with our Pollution Control Board Chairman also.
53:19Tomorrow, except the cabinet meeting, all other programs stands postponed, no celebration or any program, including the pollution.
53:30Pollution.
53:31All celebrations and cabinet meetings, which are supposed to happen tomorrow, have been postponed.
53:36In World Environment Day, even myself from the corporation, day after tomorrow, I will conduct, in a small…
53:44I don't know what to call it.
53:46All celebrations and events related to government have been cancelled tomorrow.
53:50The last celebration will be cancelled.
53:52The cabinet meeting will go on as per schedule, however.
53:57if it has reported to be cancelled and also…
54:01I don't know what office, but they will have cancelled the behalf.
54:05I paid for it to prove it to my colleagues.
54:07The reason why I have to report it was the number of my colleagues, they will be cancelled.
54:08That is how to report it.
54:10I have to report it, so…
54:11I have to report that to be cancelled.
54:12Always cancelled the economy in the last week.
54:13Always cancelled me.
54:14Always cancelled me.
54:15It's so difficult to report it.
54:16It was supposed to report it.
54:17Together, all the people are getting hurt.
54:19Every person ist over India.
54:20So, that is what I am saying.
54:22This is the deal.
54:24Everyone knows how to do this.
54:27I don't know how many people are aware of it.
54:32I don't know if any, any other people are aware of it.
54:36Any man who is aware of this, who is aware of it,
54:40who is aware of it, who is aware of it, who is aware of it,
54:44what is it?
54:46Families have come with small children with them.
54:49We can't find a false with them.
54:50That was the emotion bondage with everyone.
54:57That's the emotion that people carry.
55:03Did at least any of the team management speak to you sir? Did they convey the condolence message from the team also?
55:10Has the team conveyed their condolence message from the moment sir?
55:14Yes, they condoled the message.
55:17I gave them a direction and requested them that within 10 minutes this program should be closed.
55:25I took the secretary also.
55:27They all agreed that they asked you to be lucky within 10 minutes.
55:32He requested the function to end within 10-15 minutes.
55:37There was a lot of police people around them also. We didn't want any incident to happen also.
55:41They just go. And we requested Kohli also to just go. You saw the evening.
55:47For a courtesy sake, to show that they have handed over this gift to Karnataka.
55:52That is why they just within one minute they just gave it.
55:56We requested Gerard Kohli also to wrap up the celebrations and schedule.
56:00See, I am telling you, God-willingly, God-willingly, I am telling you, this is unexpected crowd.
56:17So the celebrations in Karnataka, Royal Challengers Bengaluru winning the IPL trophy after 18 long years and massive celebrations were planned turned into tragedy.
56:3011 people have lost their lives, 47 are injured, 33 still in hospital.
56:35But the big question still remains, who's responsible for this?
56:40Whose negligence led to this tragedy?
56:43We will continue to ask questions on India first.
56:46But that is all I have for you on this special broadcast.
56:48Many thanks for watching.
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