Stampede outside Bengaluru's Chinnaswamy Stadium amid RCB fan frenzy, several feared dead

Security personnel try to manage the crowd of fans gathered for the felicitation of IPL 2025 winning Royal Challengers Bengaluru team, near the Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru

At 11 people have been killed while 47 people were injured as fans gathered outside M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday to celebrate the victory of RCB in the 2025 IPL championship.

According to News18, injured persons have been admitted to the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital. Thousands had converged at Chinnaswamy stadium since early evening in expectation of celebrating with the RCB team that was expected to turn up in the stadium with the trophy.

Speaking to news reporters, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said that the crowd was "uncontrollable" but refused to confirm the number of casualties or those injured in the stampede.

"I think this is not a controllable crowd. I apologise to all the people of Bengaluru and Karnataka, we wanted to take a procession, but the crowd is uncontrollable. We had arranged (security measures) for a crowd of 5,000. But we can't use lathis on a young vibrant crowd."

#WATCH | Bengaluru: Fans climb over the M Chinnaswamy Stadium walls and fences; police appeal to people to leave and not indulge in such activitiesA large number of #RoyalChallengersBengaluru fans have turned up to catch a glimpse of their champion team.A special pic.twitter.com/CBn37w9xxp
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The team landed at the HAL Airport on Wednesday afternoon and headed to the Vidhana Soudha in their team bus to meet Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The Rajat Patidar-led team was received by state's Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar at the airport.

Visuals online showed police shifting injured and unconscious people to a nearby hospital.  The exit and entry gates have been closed at Cubbon Park metro station, which is near Chinnaswamy Stadium.

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In the IPL 2025 final held at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, RCB defeated Punjab Kings by six runs to win the first IPL title in 18 years.

BJP slams Siddaramaiah govt

The BJP unit in Karnataka described the incident as “criminal negligence” of the Congress-led state government. "7 dead. Many are battling for life after a stampede due to the irresponsibility of Congress govt. No crowd control measures. No basic arrangements. Just chaos. While innocent people died, @siddaramaiah & @DKShivakumar were busy shooting reels & hogging limelight with cricketers. Shame on this photo-op Congress government. This is criminal negligence. Blood is on the hands of Congress govt," Karnataka BJP posted on X.