Bengaluru stampede: Karnataka government to initiate criminal proceedings against RCB, KSCA

The stampede happened on June 4

Weeks after the Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede, the Karnataka government has now decided to initiate criminal proceedings against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA).

In a report related to the event, the Karnataka government stated to the High Court that the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) invited people for a victory parade to Chinnaswamy stadium "unilaterally" and "without consultation/ permission" from city police, NDTV had earlier reported.

The report further said that the RCB management had contacted the police on June 3, which was the same day that the team had won the IPL. The report further stated that the call from the management was more of an intimation and not a requisition for permission, which is required under the law.

The report also said that no applications in the required formats were submitted by the team for organising the event in the stadium. Meanwhile, the Karnataka High Court ordered the state government to release the report. The court also ordered disclosure to the KSCA, RCB and DNA Entertainment Networks.

"In the absence of such information required under the prescribed formats, it was not possible for the licence-granting authority to consider the request positively. Accordingly, the PI of the Cubbon Park Police Station did not grant the permission to the request made by KSCA on 03.06.2025 at around 6.30 pm, due to a lack of information regarding the expected approximate gathering, arrangements made, possible bottlenecks, and the like, for both possible outcomes of the final match, i.e., whether RCB won or lost," NDTV quoted the report as saying.