A stampede occurred during Royal Challengers Bangalore's (RCB) victory celebration due to multiple lapses. The event was organised on short notice and lacked proper planning. There were no clear entry and exit points, and confusion surrounding ticketing and entry passes at Chinnaswamy Stadium contributed to the chaos.
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00:00With that, as we continue to keep our focus on the Bengaluru Stampede, let's take you through some more breaking news that's coming in at the very top of this hour.
00:10Killer Bengaluru lapses. Victory bash at short notice. Unplanned. No clear entry. Exit points. Barricades. No clarity on ticket. Entry pass. Neta's ignored. Crowd safety opted for bash.
00:26In fact, cops concern overlooked by the Neta's who were more keen on celebrating and on this unplanned bash that took place. Neta's also turned RCB win to a photo op, taking selfies as we in fact bring to you those very pictures on our screens as well.
00:45The venue was not equipped to hold such a massive crowd surge. No adequate cops to control the crowd. Many on VVIP duty outside the Vidhana Soda.
00:58Outnumbered cops ended up latte charging and that is what made it worse.
01:02With that, we are in fact now bringing Sagar Raj, who's coming in live on our bulletin, to get some more details as to what exactly went down as these fresh details come to the surface.
01:21Sagar, with each passing hour, now we see a new detail coming out. But they all point toward the same direction. That is a glaring lapse, an administrative lapse, where there was clearly a wrong prioritization at place.
01:39The people, the fans who were there, the people who supported and loved RCB for years, who were outside Chindaswami Stadium, they were clearly ignored and overlooked.
01:49Absolutely, there is a major lapse and in fact it is a collective lapse of KSEA, R-Sidhi Management and Kandar Ka Government.
01:59And if you notice that the capacity of the ground was only 35,000, despite that the police deployment was as they had deployed for a cricket match.
02:08And even if you notice that the KSEA had announced stating that the program will start around 5 o'clock and the gate opened around 2.30 and people started to gather around 10 a.m.
02:21So, there were 10 times more than what the stadium could actually accommodate the fans.
02:27And there were around 3 lakh people waiting outside and there was no ticket.
02:32It was on first come, first come BCF, which was being allowed.
02:36So, people started to rush inside the gate.
02:39And that's when the gate crashed.
02:40They jumped the barricade and tried to even climb the wall and get inside.
02:44And that's when everything collapsed.
02:47The barricade fell on people, the sewage and the garbage system, everything went for a chaos.
02:55And people fell inside the sewage, which was there.
02:58And many of them died due to suffocation.
03:01And there is a collective collapse of KSEA, RCD, and the Karnataka government.
03:07And even Karnataka government did not anticipate that there will be this much of crowd.
03:12See, for every single trip of metro train, there were close to 300 to 400 people who were just heading towards Sinaswami Stadium.
03:19That is the kind of madness.
03:21It was there yesterday.
03:22And everybody, every single vehicle was heading towards Sinaswami Stadium.
03:26But the police were outnumbered.
03:28There was only one DCP which was being deployed to take care of the security.
03:33The other DCPs and senior officers were escorting the cricketers as well as taking care of events at Midansoda.
03:40There were very few.
03:41And they had calculated probably the security which they would have deployed for a cricket match.
03:46But this was huge in number.
03:49There were 10 times more than what the crowd used to come for a cricket match.
03:53And they couldn't handle.
03:55And 11 people lost their lives due to the negligence of KSEA, RCD, and Karnataka government.
04:02So these are the latest details.
04:15Sagar, thank you so much for bringing all those details.
04:18But do stay with us, Sagar, because right now we do have more details onto this very story
04:24as we continue to bring you a holistic approach from all sides as to what exactly happened.
04:30From celebrations to mourning, RCB's victory celebrations outside the Sinaswami Stadium
04:35turned tragic after 11 lives were lost in a stampede.
04:39Now the stampede that also left 33 injured has put the Siddharamaya government in the dock.
04:46The Congress government is facing the awe of the BJP and the citizens
04:50for several lapses that have taken place.
04:53Questions are being raised.
04:55They're not one but many as to why did the government have no clarity
05:00on the event that was being conducted at this Sinaswami Stadium.
05:05How did 2 to 3 lakh people turn up for a ticketed event?
05:10Why was there no proper crowd management and measures taken on the ground?
05:16And were 5,000 cops enough to control a swarm of RCB fans?
05:21Now even as these questions are being asked, the Karnataka Chief Minister has come up with
05:26a rather bizarre defence that he has blamed the crowd for the tragedy.
05:32Not just that, he's also deflected the blame on the cricket association saying that it was
05:36planned by them and the government's job was just police department.
05:41In fact, Siddharamaya has also name-dropped Mahakum Stampede to save his government's face.
05:47Let's take a look at some of these reactions that have come in.
05:50It is Cricket State, Cricket Association, which arranged the programme.
06:08See, earlier also, the same police people were doing the security job.
06:14During the matches.
06:16This time also they were doing the security job.
06:20See, of course, it should not have happened.
06:24This tragedy should not have happened.
06:28We are with the sufferers.
06:31This should not have happened.
07:00We never expected such a big crowd.
07:06No police, no one, including enough, we never expected.
07:11Stadium is 35,000 capacity.
07:14But more than 3 lakh people were there around the stadium.
07:18And on the streets from the airport also.
07:21So, I think very massive crowd was there.
07:25So, we fully apologize for this.
07:28RCB also has come out with a statement on this.
07:33But still, we wanted to know the fact.
07:36And we want to give a clear message.
07:39We will do it.
07:39So, there are 10 deaths which have happened and 23 injured people are there.
07:43Even I visited.
07:45And our government took immediate decisions of cut shortening the programmes.
07:50And our Chief Minister, sir, and Deputy Chief Minister rushed into the hospitals.
07:53And we are taking care of all the victims.
07:56And we are taking the owner's responsibility.
07:59And also, we are taking all the best possible measures to help the victims.
08:05With that, viewers, let's take you through these lapses.
08:35The killer Bengaluru lapses as to what all exactly led to this very stampede.
08:41The victory bash took place at a very short notice.
08:44And it was unplanned, clearly.
08:47No clear entry, exit points were marked.
08:50There were missing barricades.
08:51There were no barricades that were also seen.
08:54Again, no clarity on ticket or entry passes.
08:58Because that is another big question that's being asked.
09:00With the stadium's capacity being 35,000.
09:03How could 2 to 3 lakh people have, in fact, bought tickets?
09:08Netas ignored the crowd safety.
09:10The particular heroes were definitely RCB players.
09:15But the other part of a victory lapse is the people.
09:18The crowd, the fans who cheer for this team and who've cheered on for 18 long years.
09:23They were the ones who were ignored completely.
09:25And instead, the Netas ended up opting for the bash.
09:29Cops were concerned.
09:31And the cops' concern also overlooked by the Netas.
09:35Who were only more focused on the bash that took place.
09:40Netas turned the RCB win to a photo op.
09:44With selfies now emerging and surfacing.
09:46Not just ministers who got VVIP access, but also their families were seen in some of these photographs that now are coming to the surface.
09:56Now, venue also was not equipped to hold such a massive crowd surge.
10:01That is also that we see in this very stampede.
10:05The capacity, again, we mentioned of the very stadium was 35,000 only.
10:10No adequate cops to control the crowd.
10:14And many were in fact placed on VVIP duty outside the Vidana Soda.
10:19Because that is where the entire ceremony and the felicitation continued with the ministers meeting the players.
10:26Outnumbered cops ended up Lathi charging.
10:29And that is what made the entire situation worse.
10:40More breaking news coming in.
10:44FIR registered on yesterday's stampede incident.
10:48Unnatural death report filed.
10:51No one named as accused as in the FIR has come to light so far.
10:57The FIR that was registered in this very stampede case.
11:01From the preliminary reports, as the FIR has now come into access.
11:06No one named as the accused.
11:09But unnatural death report has been filed.
11:13This is the latest update that we are bringing to you in this very story.
11:17Remember, there is also another advocate that we spoke to a little while back.
11:22Who has also come out to blame the KSCA particularly for this entire incident.
11:29He has asked for an FIR to be registered against them as well.
11:32But so far, the FIR that has been registered on yesterday's stampede incident is the one that we now have accessed.
11:41Which has unnatural death report being filed and no one being named as accused in this very FIR.
11:47With that, let me cut across and bring in Sagai Raj into the conversation as he continues to be with us on the bulletin.
11:52Sagai, this is the latest that we are learning, the FIR having been registered.
11:57But it's rather surprising to see that no one has been named as in the accused in this very FIR.
12:04I mean, given the optics and the narratives that have been played by the Karnataka government, would you say this was expected?
12:11This is quite shocking to hear from the polis that UDR has been registered.
12:18Because there is a serious lapsus on polis themselves.
12:21There is a serious lapsus of Karnataka government's intelligence.
12:24There is a serious lapsus of Karnataka State Cricket Association.
12:28And a serious lapse from RCB management.
12:32Because they should have anticipated there will be so much of crowd.
12:36They didn't organize properly.
12:37They didn't give enough security.
12:39And they didn't have proper arrangements to take care of more than 3 lakh crowds, which was prevalent at that point of time.
12:48And definitely, this particular UDR, which has been registered, clearly shows that the government is trying to wash their hands from this entire incident.
12:57Remember, Karnataka government and chief minister has categorically mentioned that it was a joint program of both KSEA and Karnataka government.
13:05So, they had to take the onus.
13:07They had to take the onus on the death of loved people.
13:10You are a government.
13:11You are the person who are running the system.
13:13And you cannot just wash your hands stating that it is unnatural death.
13:17Right, Sakai, absolutely.
13:22When you put up cross and contextualize what exactly has been revealed in this FIR so far, those are the questions that are being raised.
13:29And in fact, one of the main questions of the hour that continues to, you know, haunt us, in fact, the lack of a better word at this given point, is the kind of derelection of duty that we have seen.
13:41Not just from the government, not just from the netas, who were busy in the photo op with the RCB players, but the cops at the very helm of it.
13:51There were just 5,000 cops for, A, the capacity of a 35,000 stadium, but from what it looks like, there were 2 to 3 lakh people.
13:59So, were they not aware of the kind of crowd that was going to come in?
14:03Because we have seen victory lapses in the country take place before.
14:06Never have we witnessed a situation of this kind unfold.
14:11We will try and bring in Sakai back again with us.
14:24But yes, as we have posed the question, you know, victory lapses aren't the first.
14:29This is definitely not the first that has taken place in the country.
14:33We have seen the Indian team, in fact, take victory lapses across cities during different championships.
14:40But yes, this particular victory lapses of the RCB ended up being a rather bloody affair, as we may call it at this given point.
14:48Now, celebration of the RCB winning IPL after 18 years turned into a deadly disaster in Bengaluru.
14:56At least 11 innocent lives were lost in the horrific stampede outside the Chinnaswami Stadium.
15:02The stampede took place when a massive crowd that gathered outside the stadium went out of control and certain administrative lapses were highlighted.
15:12Now, fan frenzy spiralled out of control.
15:15People were seen climbing trees, bus rooftops, breaking barricades and rushing toward the gates, triggering panic and chaos at its peak.
15:23Now, at 2.10pm, stadium gates opened and by 3.55pm, the chaos had already erupted.
15:30Police, in fact, responded with a lathe charge to disperse the crowd, but the damage was already done by them.
15:38What's even more shocking about this entire series of developments that took place is that after the deadly stampede,
15:45the Karnataka government went ahead with a felicitation ceremony for the RCB team at Vidana Soda instead of bringing the entire program to a halt after all that took place outside the stadium.
15:58And no visible crowd regulation or the lack of basic administrative management was glaring at this event.
16:06The question looms, who is responsible for the killer stampede that took place in Bengaluru?
16:13Let's take you through some reactions now.
16:15We are not even seen in that crowd. Parents were literally finding their kids.
16:21Seniors were running away that we don't want to be part of this, please let us go out.
16:27But the youth were just in the fun that we just want to see the players.
16:31They literally didn't care what's happening or, you know, we should just rescue them or help them out.
16:37We could see people climbing the trees, climbing the towers. No one was bothered.
16:41Like players became the only thing in their mind and the celebration.
16:46Yeah, but it was really bad.
16:48The barricade was down below. There were many people who were there.
16:52There were four people who were there.
16:55There were four people who were there.
16:56Four people who were there.
16:58And we tried to do two people in the hospital.
17:01The police told us that we are not in trouble.
17:31celebrate the victory of their team, the RCB, they were completely ignored and they were
17:39completely overlooked, even when the cops had raised this as a concern.
17:47Well, you know, what's more heartbreaking is the fact that most of those who died are youngsters.
17:54In fact, the place where I'm reporting from the boy, we believe is a teenager. He's 14 years old
17:58is what the residents nearby are saying. We're reporting right from outside his residence. We're
18:03trying to be as sensitive as we can when we report. His family is inside, that's his house in
18:09Bengaluru's Yalahanka. In fact, another girl, Sahana, 24 years old, her body is in Kolar, just about two
18:16hour drive from here. We believe she is only 24 years old, employed in Bosch company. By working
18:23so hard, she had secured a job in Bosch company. Sahana, 24 years old, who tragically passed
18:28away in yesterday's stampede. In today's place where we are reporting from, he's still a school
18:34going boy, only 14 years old, we believe. And he's just lying there, lifeless in front of his parents.
18:40That's the kind of terrible tragedy we are talking about. In fact, yesterday, when the stadium could
18:47only accommodate 35,000 people, close to three lakh people turned up. In fact, the chief minister
18:53in his press meet yesterday kept reiterating that he was unprepared for this. They did not expect the
18:59kind of crowd that would turn up. In fact, the policemen who were deployed at the sport were
19:04massively outnumbered by the kind of crowd that turned up. Very unmanageable crowd who turned up in
19:10lakhs of numbers, close to three lakh numbers, we believe. So much so that even metro services were
19:16halted after a point. Metro trains stopped, you know, stopped running by Caban Park and Dr.
19:23Vidan Saud and Dr. Ambedkar Vidan Sauda stations, which is the most, you know, heavy footfall metro
19:29stations in Bangalore. That's the kind of crowd that we are talking about. Tragically, 11 innocent
19:34lives have been lost. All of them are very, very, very young people who had been there just to catch a
19:40glimpse of the, you know, of their favorite RCB players and Virat Kohli. Very tragic incident that
19:46has happened. In fact, the BJP has also sought accountability from D.K. Shukumar and Sidramaya.
19:52They have questioned as to how did they have the heart to go about their celebration while people
19:58were dying outside and suffocating. That's the kind of questions that are being raised. While
20:02compensation amounts are being given to the families of victims, you know, no amount of money or
20:08no amount of condolences from any top leader is going to bring back the lost lives. That's the kind
20:14of tragedy that we are talking about, reporting right outside the residence of just a 14-year-old
20:20boy who's lying lifeless inside. Right, Anagar. 14-year-old boy is what we hear at this given
20:28point who lost his life, who had dreams of, in fact, probably going there and catching a glimpse
20:34of the heroes, the heroes in red yesterday. But unfortunately, this is what circumstances led to.
20:41Yes, we are still questioning as to who is accountable behind that. While we are on it,
20:46let us listen to what IPL chairman Aarun Dhumal said about the stampede that took place in Bengaluru.
20:57Mr. Dhumal, very, very tragic what's happened in Bengaluru. Where does the buck stop? Does it stop
21:04with the RCB franchise, the KSCA organizers, the Karnataka state government or indeed the BCCI and the IPL?
21:13Who will take accountability for the loss of life, sir? Indeed, very tragic, Rajdeep, the loss of life.
21:20What should have been a day of celebration today ended in a tragic day. And I would like to convey
21:25my heartfelt condolences to all the families who've lost their loved ones. Indeed, very tragic, but
21:31you understand and you know cricket very well. For BCCI, the IPL ended last night. Whatever celebrations
21:38were to happen, it culminated with the ceremony that we had last night. Now, how this incident
21:44took place, we have no knowledge of it. We had no idea of this kind of event taking place in
21:50Bengaluru. You would have noticed there was no BCCI official present there and we don't know how it
21:55did. So, you're saying you all had no idea of these celebrations. So, who was who was responsible
22:01for these celebrations? RCB, the franchise, Karnataka State Cricket Association or the state
22:06government, Mr. Dhumal?
22:08This is for them to find out. How can I say here when I have no knowledge of what is taking
22:14place in Bengaluru?
22:15So, you all are saying as far as you are concerned, the IPL ended last night. These celebrations
22:21are a private event that are conducted either by the franchise or the association or the government.
22:28Am I correct?
22:30Very right. And as you could recall, we had to stop the game in between in Dharamshala.
22:35But I was personally there and we ensured that each one of those 25,000 people present there
22:41leave the stadium safe and sound. So, that is the responsibility of BCCI have at least been
22:49in some coordination with the organizers of this festival or is the BCCI going to say
22:54for BCCI IPL ended last night. When we had no knowledge of any such program, how can BCCI
23:04be responsible for anything like this? It is indeed very tragic and we would like to convey
23:09our heartfelt condolences. But we can't be held responsible for anything which we had
23:14no role to play.
23:16I tell you, but Karnataka State Cricket Association comes under BCCI. The ceremonies were being held
23:21under at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. This stampede has taken place just outside gate 5 of Chinnaswamy
23:26Stadium. Surely the KSCA will have to order also an inquiry. Their role will also have to
23:32be questioned or not? See, I am not sure whether stampede happened outside Vidhan Sadha or the
23:39stadium. I have no knowledge of that. And who organized this event? I have no knowledge.
23:44Have you seen any of the BCCI officials present there and facilitating any of the players or
23:50the team?
23:51Will you question as IPL chairman RCB, which is the franchise which in a way is accountable
23:57to the IPL?
23:58I have no knowledge as to whether fans came on their own or whether they called, who
24:03called them and who had gone there to felicitate them. It is for the administration there to
24:08check as to what went wrong and make sure this kind of incident never took place in future.
24:15Have you been in touch with any of the RCB officials, Mr. Duman? Has anybody responded?
24:20As soon as I got to know of it, I spoke to them and I told them and they were inside the
24:25stadium. They had no knowledge of what was happening outside. This is what I was given
24:28to understand. And they told me we are calling off the event immediately. And they did so,
24:32I feel.
24:35Well, with that, we are in fact bringing to you some questions, big questions at this
24:41given hour on what exactly happened and who is to be held accountable. The very first
24:47out of those is, why did the celebrations continue even after the stampede? That's a big question
24:54at this given point. Because remember, the felicitation ceremony, which included the deputy
24:59chief minister, DK Shiv Kumar, who in fact came out to even say that I had to bring in certain people
25:04in my own car because of the situation. So, he was aware of the situation. But despite that,
25:10the felicitation ceremony continued. There was no stop put to the entire program despite the
25:15situation outside, despite people having lost their lives outside. The second question at this
25:21point. Why did Netas ignore cops' crowd safety alert? They had, the cops had come in to say,
25:28because we are speaking of a capacity of 35,000 within the stadium, despite which 2 to 3 lakh
25:34people turned up. And that is the kind of crowd that was seen outside the very stadium. But despite
25:40that, all the big officers of pullers were sent outside the Vidana Soda. So, there was a glaring
25:47negligence when we speak of how the cops went about. And what it seems like at this given point is there
25:54were no clear instructions for them as well as to what exactly should the protocol be, what protocol
26:00should they be following for the situation that in fact unfolded outside the Chinnaswami Stadium.
26:05There was clearly a lack of preparation. Now, were photo op and selfies more important than lives?
26:12That is another big question that comes to the forefront at this given point, especially after we
26:17see some of the Netas and their families posting photographs with Virat Kohli who were given VVIP access
26:26to the entire bash. They were sitting right behind Virat Kohli. And this entire event seems to have
26:32become more of a photo op for them with RCB's victory. But yes, they clearly ignored the people and the loss of
26:41lives outside which was a rather crucial and it was at a rather crucial juncture at that given point.
26:47Then, next up, why did the government fail to anticipate the crowds? Where did they go wrong with
26:55two to three lakh people coming in to a capacity of 35,000 and even if they did, why were there no
27:02preparations on the ground for this victory lapse to take place? Then should they have postponed it a bit
27:08to be completely prepared? Or were there massive gaps in their own teams and authorities with regards to how
27:16they prepared for this very event? Now, why were proper crowd control measures missing from this very
27:23place? This is another question that we are asking at this given point as to, we see the kind of situation
27:29that unfolded that was a clear consequence and result of crowd controlling measures being missing from the
27:38very scenario. Now, why was there no clarity on there being entry, exit, tickets and passes? These are
27:45basics, ladies and gentlemen, when we speak of a particular event that's taking place, definitely an
27:50event of this scale that's taking place. There seems to be no demarcated entry exits outside the
27:57Chinnaswami Stadium and there was a lot of confusion with regards to tickets and passes as well. From what it
28:03looks like at this point, it was only the bash that seemed to have things going according to their
28:10convenience. The people outside who were actually there to celebrate the victory of RCB were completely
28:16ignored as we are constantly reiterating. Now, did the rush to claim credit lead to tragedy? That is a
28:24rather unfortunate question. But yes, that is also another important question that's coming to
28:30the very forefront at this given point. And more importantly, more than the rush to claim credit
28:36at this point from what we see, it has quickly turned into a blame game being played by the government,
28:43by different other stakeholders who are constantly passing the buck to each other.
28:50Now, it has turned out to be the darkest day for cricket in India. Celebrations turned into chaos and
28:56fan frenzy turned fatal in Bengaluru. The ceremony for the Red Army had many red warnings, but all of it
29:04were ignored and the question is, who's to be blamed? Take a look at this report for more.
29:16Namma Bengaluru was painted red. It was celebrating the Red Army's victory.
29:26A moment that they had been waiting for 18 long years. It was no less than a dream. And to celebrate
29:33this victory, thousands gathered at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
29:41The Bengaluru administration and the Siddharamaya government were not prepared for the large crowds.
29:48Soon, trouble started.
29:50There was chaos at multiple entry points, forcing the police to resort to Lathi Chaach.
30:00A slab on a drain cracked open, leading to further panic. People were seen crying for help,
30:08collapsing on the ground. The injured were rushed to the nearby hospitals. And then, death toll began to
30:18trickle.
30:20Mayesh, you can say, what happened here?
30:21Sir, there were a lot of crowds. The crowds were dropped.
30:25The crowds were dropped. The crowds were dropped. And the crowds were dropped.
30:29The crowds were dropped. The police didn't do anything.
30:31The police didn't do anything at that time?
30:32The police were then after three police officers. They tried to control the crowds,
30:39but the crowds were very much. They couldn't do anything.
30:42We can see that these were the barricades which fell on few people. According to Mahesh, he said that
30:52these kind of barricades fell on all those fans who were here, and a couple of them even suffered
30:58the previous injuries.
31:00But what's more bizarre is that, as the system collapsed outside, felicitation continued inside
31:11the stadium. As the fan frolic turned fatal, the BJP trained its guns at the Congress government,
31:19calling it a photo of Sarkara. The lives in the stampede were not lost by chance, but by sheer negligence, charged the BJP.
31:34Without any proper preparedness, state government's urgency to organize victory rally
31:43is the cause for this big tragedy. And state government never bothered about preparedness.
31:52The underfire said the Ramaya government shifted the blame on the crowd.
31:57So the stampede has taken place. Nobody has expected so much of a crowd will come,
32:06more. Because the capacity of the stadium is only 35,000 people. Only 35,000 seats are there.
32:18It also claimed the felicitation at the Chinnaswamy Stadium lasted just 10 to 15 minutes.
32:25Just now from the Vidansawada, I had to bring the secretary and the president in my vehicle.
32:31The crowd was so much. We had arranged more than 5,000. It is a young, vibrant crowd.
32:39This is a very, we can't use our latte.
32:42Here are some big questions. Why was the administration unprepared?
32:49Why didn't the government cancel the event when the tragedy unfolded?
32:54Why isn't the government bothered with common man's lives?
32:58Is photo op more important than people?
33:03Bureau Report, India Today.
33:06A political storm now having erupted in Karnataka over the tragic stampede
33:11that claimed over 10 lives during the RCB's victory procession.
33:16Chief Minister Siddharamaya quickly jumped in damage control mode, dismissing BJP's remarks as political opportunism
33:23and urging against exploiting the tragedy for partisan gain.
33:28The BJP, meanwhile, launched a scathing attack with State Chief B.Y. Vijayendra,
33:33claiming that the blood was on the Congress's hands, blaming Siddharam and DKS for photo ops while
33:40innocent died and also calling it a stampede and calling it a state-orchestrated homicide.
33:47So he's demanded a criminal case and a judicial probe into this matter.
33:51Now, the Congress top brass has called for a review of the safety protocols.
33:55Rahul Gandhi has stated that no celebration is worth human lives.
33:59On the other hand, Priyanka Gandhi has urged the Karnataka government and the party workers to assist the victims and their families.
34:07Congress President Malik Arjun Karge has also echoed the similar sentiments,
34:12warning that the joy of victories should never come at the cost of lives.
34:17Let's take a look at some of the reactions that have come into the story so far.
34:21I've spoken to the police commissioner and all the people. I'm also going a little late to the hospital
34:29because now a lot of trouble is there. I don't want to disturb the doctors who are trying to take care of the patients.
34:39And only the exact number has not been still this one. So we are at it. We appeal to all of them still to be calm.
34:47Just now, I had to bring the secretary and the president in my vehicle. The crowd was so much.
34:55Sir, questions have you raised about adequate?
34:58We had arranged more than 5,000. It is a young, vibrant crowd. We can't use our latte.
35:10The capacity of this stadium was 33,000. The people gathered there were more than 3 to 4 lakh.
35:17And there was a stampede. And if the administration was not alert, it could have been a bigger tragedy.
35:23The government has clearly said, we have ordered a magisterial inquiry. Within 15 days, we will
35:29inquire, we will fix responsibilities. If anyone is found guilty of not performing their duties
35:37the way they should have done it, then there will be an action on that.
35:42The police yesterday, as far as my information goes, they said within a day we cannot arrange this.
35:49Because of the political pressure from the government, they were forced to accord the permission.
35:57Three people have already dead. But in spite of that, celebration was going on in front of Izan Soto.
36:06After that, celebration was done in Chinaswami Kridhanga.
36:10Chinaswami Stadium.
36:12He said, there is no sense to the government.
36:16He closed it, and closed it, and closed it.
36:19And now, we are going to try to put all the cricket boards on Karnataka state.
36:25Who wants this credit? RCB win. The government wants to credit.
36:29CM, DPCM, Minister. They want credit.
36:32Because of their credit, we lost Karnataka 11 people, lost their life.
36:39You want the credit, right? You take the responsibility.
36:43No ambulance, no fire engine, no security. Your labs, where is the land order?
36:51Even more.
36:53We have no police, Š² Š½ŠµŃŃ, no police.
36:59The police have no one to know.
37:01This is the stampede.
37:02We have condemned us, we have totally failed us.
37:04We have to give the government to try to finalize.
37:06We have no one in control we have to control them.
37:07We have no one in control.
37:09We have no one in control.
37:10We have no one in control.
37:12We have no one in control.
37:13We have no way in control.
37:14We have been so good.
37:15We have made a statement in Karnataka.
37:17He gives an open invitation knowing fully well the frenzy of the crowd of the fans and he gives this open invitation without making adequate security arrangement, safety arrangement and crowd management protocols in place.
37:42What happened? A massive stampede. You can't blame RCB, you can't blame Virat Kohli, you can't blame the fans today.
37:51If there is one person responsible, it is the chief minister and the deputy chief minister who wanted to hog undeserving limelight and made this an entire family function of the congress leaders there.
38:12I want to take a picture with the player and the police officer who wanted to get a proper security.
38:21It is one of the unfortunate, very sorrowful development.
38:51The government, if they would have taken proper security, this kind of thing would have not happened.
39:01This tragedy happened by the government.
39:06Because what is happening first?
39:09How many people are using?
39:10What are the measurements?
39:12They don't know anything.
39:14This happened by their fault.
39:16The whole failure.
39:21Now we at India today continue with the demand for accountability.
39:26The next few questions that we pose are to those who must answer.
39:31Let's take you through them.
39:33First up comes Chief Minister Sidharamaya himself.
39:36He is the one who overlooked crowd safety, pushed photo op, gave more importance to basically people's lives being lost, was completely ignored.
39:47But yeah, the importance was completely given to the photo op.
39:50And the Vidana Soda Felicitation Ceremony.
39:53The program in itself that was planned just continued taking place without being stopped despite people losing their lives outside.
40:03He is one of the first stakeholders in this entire matter who should be questioned.
40:08After him, we have the second person, the second in command in fact, D.K. Shiv Kumar, the Deputy Chief Minister.
40:15He was also present at the very bash that we are speaking of.
40:18He continued being there even after the Stampede.
40:22And it is him who later on comes in and says that yes, we had seen that there was a lot of crowd and the situation had gone out of control.
40:30We had to get certain leaders in our own car.
40:32But clearly there seems to be no action that was taken by him being the second in command at this given point when things went from bad to worse outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
40:44Third, Bengaluru police.
40:47They are the ones who gave in to the government's pressure of being in haste.
40:52There could have been more time taken to arrange the entire event in a manner that it should have been.
41:00But clearly there were clearing lapses in the entire process that we see.
41:05And which is why we see this entire situation having unfolded in the very first place.
41:10Moreover, they also failed to deploy the adequate personnel.
41:14Only 5000 cops is what we are learning at this given point.
41:17Around 5000 cops at least, what we are hearing of at this given point.
41:21For a capacity of 35,000 people that the Chinnaswamy Stadium has.
41:27And from what we know in the reports that we have received,
41:30is that there were 2 to 3 lakh people outside the stadium.
41:34So how come they did not have that intel as to how many people might end up coming to the very stadium to celebrate?
41:39Because remember, we are mentioning this at the same time.
41:42This is not the first vitriolapse that's taken place in a cosmopolitan city in India.
41:48Also, let the VVIP duty impact crowd safety.
41:53This was the same Bengaluru police that gave more priority,
41:57that gave more importance to the netas who were at the Vidana Soda,
42:01which is why all of their senior officers were put there on duty at the Vidana Soda,
42:06where the bash took place, where the felicitation took place,
42:09while clearly underplaying and undermining the situation at hand outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
42:15And last but not the least, the Karnataka Cricket Body Association.
42:19They cannot be completely left out of this entire matter.
42:23They cannot be completely bereft of any accountability in this entire matter.
42:27The other ones who botched up the RCB victory bash.
42:30The other ones who kept fans in the dark on the victory bash.
42:34There was no clear information that went out to the fans,
42:37that was communicated to the fans on this entire matter,
42:40which is why things went out of hand and things went in a hasty fashion
42:45without much planning going into this entire matter.
42:57With that now, we have some more breaking news coming into this very story,
43:01wherein the BJP now questions the Karnataka governments.
43:04The questions continue pouring in on this time on the VVIP high-handedness.
43:11The BJP has said, and I quote,
43:13How did the mantri's son get access to the stage?
43:17VVIP seat for Neta's killer crush for fans.
43:21That is the claim, the allegation that's being made by the BJP.
43:24BJP Neta, in fact, further goes ahead to ask blood on,
43:28or rather state at this point, that blood is on the Karnataka Neta's hands.
43:37What was the politician's son doing at the venue?
43:41What made their, how did they gain entry to it?
43:45How did they find their way into it?
43:47Look at Zamir Hamad's son, Rizwan Ashat's son.
43:53This shows the Congress was more inclined to take political mileage,
44:01especially D.K. Shukumar, who happens to run the failed brand Bengaluru,
44:07wants to take cheap publicity, cheap publicity and political mileage.
44:13With that, now we have Nagarjun Dwarkhanath joining us back on the bulletin to, in fact, put things into more perspective for us.
44:25Nagarjun, very good morning. Thank you for joining us.
44:27And, you know, these are questions we've been posing since early morning, in fact, since yesterday itself.
44:32Now the BJP seems to have upped their ante against the Congress,
44:37and they have come out with questions around certain photos that have now started surfacing.
44:42One of them being of a particular Congress minister's son, who was also there on the stage.
44:50How is it that they had VVIP access?
44:53How is it that there were more senior policemen placed outside the very Vidana Sauda,
44:58but the police where they were required, that is outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium,
45:03or around the very grounds where this victory lapse was taking place,
45:06they were missing in action there?
45:08Well, that is true. Good morning.
45:10The BJP has now started questioning the priorities of the government.
45:13They are saying, forget about the law and order.
45:15Look at the VVIP high-endedness.
45:17The minister's son and children have got access to the stage.
45:20They stand behind Virat Kohli, click photos.
45:22The minister is himself introducing the son to the players there.
45:25Rajat Patidar and Virat Kohli is seen in the photo.
45:28And while the people are standing in the queue getting crushed in the stampede,
45:32the VVIP netas are not bothered about what is happening.
45:35How did the children get access to a government event?
45:38The stage was put on as per protocol.
45:40The chairs were put on stage as per protocol.
45:43Chair 1 was CM, Chair 2 was Governor, Chair 3 was Deputy Chief Minister.
45:47How did the children of the netas get access to the main stage?
45:51It's a clear-cut, misplaced priority is what the BJP is questioning.
45:54While 11 people had died in Chinnaswamy Stadium,
45:57the netas here were bringing their children on stage just to get the chronology right.
46:03In fact, when the deaths happened, the players had not even arrived to Vidansa yet.
46:09Which means the system and the government knew what was happening in Chinnaswamy.
46:13Still, they went ahead with the event and also getting the children on stage,
46:17introducing them to the players and also clicking selfies.
46:20The BJP has called out this VVIP high-endedness of the government and posing serious questions to the government right now.
46:27Absolutely, Nagarjun. In fact, we were looking at the Deputy Chief Minister Shriv Kumar's response to this entire matter.
46:35He himself had said that, yes, we did know about the situation unfolding.
46:41The crowd surge was massive, which is why we ourselves had quite a lot of trouble getting to the places at that very point.
46:49But despite that, we saw the felicitation continuing.
46:52Thank you so much Nagarjun for all those details and putting things into perspective for us.
46:58With that now, we are shifting our focus to a different story,
47:02one that will develop in the upcoming hours through the day.
47:05The Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha 2.0.
47:08Ayodhya's Ram Mandir is decked up for the expansion of the temple complex.
47:13The Ram Darbar, located on the first floor, will be open to the public from today onward.
47:18The consecration of the Ram Darbar is scheduled for today.
47:22Around eight new idols of gods and goddesses will be installed today in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath,
47:30who is attending as the chief guest.
47:32The Pran Pratishtha of the main idols, Lord Ram, Sita, Lakshman and Lord Hanuman, will take place at 11.25am.
47:41Devotees have thronged Ayodhya for this pious occasion.
47:47So the day has come of the Pran Pratishtha, the consecration ceremony in the temple town
47:52and we are present at the Ram temple, at the place which waited for decades for this day to happen.
48:01A year later, we saw the Pran Pratishtha of Ram Lala.
48:07And year after, we are at the same place to show you the Pran Pratishtha,
48:13the consecration ceremony of Ram Darbar, where Lord Sri Ram has come along with his younger brothers,
48:21Bharat, Lakshman and Shatrughan, wives, Mata Sita and obviously, Ram Dut Hanuman in the Ram Darbar.
48:29And the Pran Pratishtha is happening in Ayodhya in the presence of CM, Yogi Adityanath.
48:35The Abhijit Muhurat will be starting from 11.20am in the next, in the 17 minutes time, the Pran Pratishtha will take place.
48:45And if you see the visuals of this temple, you can clearly get the glimpse how beautifully the temple was constructed.
48:52And now, the things, the security, everything has been here.
48:56But the bigger part is, that yes, the wait is over, as the consecration ceremony is happening out here.
49:03The Pujan began two days before, that was a three-day utsav from 6.30am to 6.30pm.
49:10The Murtikar, the sculptor of the Ram Darbar spoke to India Today TV and clearly said, with tears in his eyes,
49:17that it was Lord Hanuman who motivated him to give life to the idol of Ram Darbar.
49:26With cameraman Gaurav Gupta, Samarj Shivastra for India Today.
49:30I am now, Saatua Baba, the Lord, here is your guest.
49:33You have been to this moment and before Rami-Ram-Man the
49:59foreign
50:29The Lord is now born.
50:34The Lord is now born.
50:41.
50:49Pooja patr liya sab karan .
51:02Pooja patr liya sab karan.
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