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Following the tragic stampede during the RCB victory parade in Bengaluru, the Karnataka government stated that the massive turnout was unforeseen. With around 3 lakh people attempting to enter the Chinnaswamy Stadium, crowd mismanagement led to 11 deaths.
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00:00All right, we'll kickstart this edition with some news just coming in at this point in time.
00:04There is peak apathy over Bengaluru.
00:07That's 11 dead.
00:08Mantri says can't delay victory bash.
00:11Mantri Ash should be celebrate next year.
00:15Their photograph opportunity clearly was bigger than 11 lives.
00:20VVIPs took selfies.
00:22Fans died in a stampede.
00:30It's a very sad incident, you know, for the sake of celebrations today, we have lost so much life.
00:36Assuming that what reports we have put here, if you have lost so much of life, it's really very saddening.
00:41And government in its best is trying to see to make rescue operations and trying to bail out people who have got stuck in this stampede.
00:49There's a time to do celebrations, right?
00:51So maybe yesterday we wanted it, today only we wanted to do it.
00:54There is no something called urgency.
00:55I think if you ask such questions, how can I answer?
00:57I don't know if you ask me such questions, what do you feel we should, next year we should do the celebrations.
01:03Celebrations have happened.
01:05Yes, allegations are very valid, maybe the preparation is not there, this is very, could be a valid, you know, but we have to find out and see whether such things have happened or not.
01:13Obviously, when so much people come at one place and a lot of younger generation, so first of all, you know, it's a time to, you know, stand by the people who have lost their life.
01:23So my deepest condolences to their family.
01:27We're talking about the terrible stampede that has taken place in Bengaluru last evening that has led to 11 deaths.
01:34The mantri here is asking, should we put off the celebrations up until next year?
01:38An insensitive remark that's been made by a mantri at a time when it was celebrations regarding the victory of RCB, which is, in fact, during IPL, when they lifted the trophy for the first time in 18 long years.
01:54Well, there were fans who had gathered and in the chaos and confusion, a stampede broke out because of which 11 people had died.
02:02The mantri here in question is talking about the fact that the celebrations could have not been put off until next year.
02:09Was that possible is the question that the mantri has asked.
02:14This is Santosh Ladd asking this question, a rather insensitive comment when a stampede took place from celebrations really to morning was the situation that we saw.
02:26RCB's victory celebrations outside the Chinnaswami Stadium turning tragic there after 11 lives were lost.
02:34The stampede has left 33 injured.
02:38It's clearly put the Sidramaya government in a dock there.
02:41The Congress government is facing the ire of the BJP and the citizens for several lapses.
02:57Well, big questions being asked right now on how this happened.
03:01Two to three lakh people turned up for this event.
03:04Well, there was very poor management as is evident.
03:08About 5,000 police personnel were there to manage a crowd of lacks.
03:14Questions being raised.
03:16The insensitivity rather on full display here with a mantri asking whether this should have been postponed to next year.
03:24Whether the celebrations should have been put off to next year.
03:27Going straight across to Apoorva for more on that.
03:35Apoorva, the insensitivity here was on full display even yesterday when the celebrations continued.
03:43Not a word, you know, to address the problem that was at hand essentially which was a stampede.
03:50And now this insensitive remark saying that could have the celebrations be put off for next year.
03:55Well, definitely, you know, we are seeing the kind of, you know, if I can just ask my cameraman to pan around and show you.
04:07You know, this is the leftover chappals here right outside the Chinnaswami Stadium.
04:13And as you can see, these are all, you know, visuals from yesterday.
04:17What is left behind of the massacre that took place yesterday.
04:21You know, 11 people have lost their lives in this incident.
04:25And among several people who have been injured.
04:28And the only thing that the administration is able to say is that they didn't anticipate these kinds of crowds to take place.
04:36Yesterday, the very place where I am standing at this entire stretch, if I might add, has been completely blocked off.
04:44It was chock-a-block with RCB fans who had gathered here.
04:48Even right now, you can also see those horns that they had been using to, you know, celebrate there as well.
04:56All around, if you see, it's just debris.
05:00A very jarring reminder of what had gone wrong yesterday.
05:06You know, footwear that is still, that is kept strewn across in each and every corner of the gates there.
05:13Even at this side, if you see all of the people who have been waiting there just to catch glimpses of the RCB.
05:22And what the administration has to say is nothing but that they were, you know, unprepared to see these kind of crowds that are happening.
05:31You do realize that RCB is a team, it's a franchise that has won after 18 years.
05:3618 years they have been waiting for a cup, but when victory is so near, when they have already reached the, you know, across the point.
05:46Unfortunately, what happens is that due to lack of proper coordination, due to lack of proper management and a complete disarray of law and order,
05:57the stampede-like situation took place yesterday and officials don't have any possible explanation to give regarding what went wrong yesterday.
06:05Well, absolutely, no explanation, but we can get a sense of how poorly managed things were, really.
06:12Why were so many people allowed to gather?
06:14Two to three lakh people, 5,000 cups, was that good enough?
06:17Clearly not.
06:18Leaving it at that for the moment, Apoorva are getting in those details.
06:22Celebrations to mourning.
06:24RCB's victory celebrations outside the Chinnaswami Stadium in Bengaluru turned tragic.
06:29After 11 lives were lost, the stampede that has also left 33 injured has put the Sidramaya government in a bit of a situation there.
06:37Well, the government is facing the ire of the BJP and the citizens for several lapses.
06:42Questions are being raised as to why did the government have no clarity on the event that was being conducted at the stadium?
06:48How did two to three lakh people turn up for a ticketed event?
06:53Why was there no proper crowd management measures taken?
06:565,000 policemen, enough to control a swarm of RCB fans?
07:02Well, even as these questions are being raised, the Chief Minister of Karnataka has come up with the bizarre defects,
07:07blaming the crowd for the tragedy.
07:10Not just that, he deflected the blame on the Cricket Association,
07:13saying that it was planned by it and the government's job was just police deployment.
07:17In fact, Sidramaya has also name-dropped Maha Kumbh Stampede to save his government's face.
07:32Nobody has expected so much a crowd will come up because the capacity of the stadium is only 35,000 people.
07:45Only 35,000 seats are there.
07:52But two to three lakh people
07:55have come to participate in the celebration.
08:02It is Cricket State, Cricket Association, which arranged the program.
08:18See, earlier also, the same police people were doing the security job.
08:25During the matches.
08:26Sir, this time also, they were doing the security job.
08:31See, of course, it should not have been happened.
08:35This tragedy should not have been happened.
08:39We are with the sufferers, with teams.
08:44It is Cricket State, Cricket Association, which arranged the program.
08:48Sir, sir.
08:49This should not have happened.
09:10We never expected such a big crowd.
09:17No police, no one, including enough, we never expected.
09:22Stadium is 35,000 capacity.
09:25But more than three lakh people were there around the stadium.
09:29And on the streets of, from the airport also,
09:32I think, very massive crowd was there.
09:36So, we fully apologize for this.
09:39RCB also has come out with a statement on this.
09:44But still, we wanted to know the fact.
09:46And we want to give a clear message.
09:50We will do it.
09:50So, there are ten deaths which have happened.
09:52And 23 injured people are there.
09:54Even I visited.
09:55And our government took immediate decisions of cut shortening the programs.
10:01And our Chief Minister, sir, and Deputy Chief Minister rushed into the hospitals.
10:05And we are taking care of all the victims.
10:07And we are taking the owner's responsibility.
10:10And also, we are taking all the best possible measures to help the victims.
10:1617 have been injured and they are being treated.
10:20In that 17, three people have fractured injuries.
10:24And other injuries, minor injuries are there.
10:26They are being treated and they are stabling.
10:28But unfortunately, we have lost six youngsters.
10:31These are all who have attended, all the youngsters.
10:34And one was a 14-year-old girl.
10:36So, it's very disheartening to know this.
10:44I'm going straight across to Sagay Raj, getting in more details.
10:46Joining us from the Chinnaswami Stadium in Bengaluru at this point in time.
10:50This is horrific, Sagay.
10:52We were, in fact, up until afternoon yesterday, just having a word about how excited the fans were.
10:57But here, the government is saying that, you know, nobody expected these crowds.
11:0135,000 is this capacity.
11:03But we know that up to 3 lakh people actually turned up.
11:06You know, where does the buck stop here?
11:08At the end of the day, 11 people have died.
11:10Absolutely, close to 2 to 3 people had died in this particular spot, according to one of
11:23the eyewitnesses who spoke to us yesterday.
11:26See, I was reporting here yesterday.
11:28And this particular gate, the gate next to P3, this gate was open fully.
11:34And it was open fully.
11:36And people started to rush in.
11:38And after that, they closed it.
11:40They closed one part of the gate.
11:42And they opened, they partially opened this gate, probably this much of a space.
11:47And the crowd, the crowd was huge.
11:49Everybody wanted to get inside this particular gate.
11:51And there was no space.
11:53And there were barricades here.
11:54You can see there were barricades here.
11:56You can see the chappers here, all the abandoned chappers.
11:59There were barricades which were being put.
12:00And the people were asked to come inside the barricade and enter inside the gate.
12:05And nobody followed the rules.
12:07Everybody tried to jump the barricade, gate crash and get inside.
12:12Because there was no ticket which was being given.
12:15They said, first come, first serve.
12:17After 2.30, the gates will open.
12:19Whoever goes inside, whoever gets the seat first,
12:22then you are all set.
12:24If you are coming late, if there are no seats, you are not allowed inside.
12:27So people were panicking.
12:29People wanted to get inside.
12:30Because they were waiting as early as 9.30, 10 o'clock in the morning.
12:35Everybody took metro train.
12:36The complete road was blocked yesterday.
12:39There was not even a single vehicle.
12:42And police couldn't do anything.
12:43Even the ambulance, the emergency vehicles were not allowed.
12:46Because the entire road was full of fans.
12:50And everybody was cheering.
12:52And there was no space even to walk from one spot to the other.
12:56And it was an utter failure.
12:59Remember, the police deployment was deployed as for a cricket match.
13:03When you have a cricket match, there will be around 1,000 or 2,000 police personnel,
13:07including constables and senior police.
13:09At that point, there was around, say, 1,000 police personnel in and around this particular vicinity
13:17to take care of close to 3 lakh audience.
13:20And there was only one DCP, DCP North.
13:22He was trying to control the crowd.
13:26All the senior officers, all the other police personnel were in Vidant Souda, trying to give VIP security.
13:33They were in a airport escorting the players.
13:37And there was nobody here to control the crowd.
13:41That's when everything went out of control.
13:44And it was a bottleneck situation when huge crowd tried to get inside.
13:51Only this much of passage, this much of passage, which did not allow them to get inside.
13:58And they started to panic.
14:00And that's when this entire incident unfolded.
14:03I saw around three to four people in front of my own eyes.
14:07They were being carried to medical commanding center inside Chinnaswami Stadium.
14:12There were three to four people who were bleeding.
14:15And three of them were unconscious.
14:18And this was the situation yesterday.
14:20And now, unnatural death has been registered.
14:23The question is, why RCB management and KCA did not plan?
14:28If you're allowing them free of cost without charging them,
14:32why you did not allow from morning?
14:35Why you had fixed that time only after 2.30?
14:39Because from morning, people started to come.
14:41Everybody were waiting here for this gate or the other gates to open.
14:46And there was a huge crowd in this part of a stretch in near Chinnaswami Stadium to enter this huge gate.
14:53But the gate did not open.
14:55It is a clear mismanagement.
14:57And it is the onus of KSEA, RCB and Karnataka government, the failure of intelligence, security, mismanagement, crowd handling and not organizing properly.
15:11So, these are the collective responsibilities of all these three organizations.
15:15We will come back to you in a moment from now.
15:18We are just explaining and describing to us what things could have been like yesterday and how things turned out to be, given the crisis there.
15:28I'm going to go across to Anaga now for more on that story.
15:32Anaga is joining us from the house of one of the victims of the stampede.
15:37Anaga, you know, where are you exactly?
15:39There are 11 young lives that have been lost in this case.
15:43Just give us an idea about where you are and, you know, what are the family members now saying?
15:48Anaga, you know, I'm a people in this case, you know, who are the ones that have been lost in this case.
16:02Anaga, you know, you know, the families are the ones that have been lost in this case.
16:07Oh, my God.
16:14Oh, my God.
16:17Oh, my God.
16:27Oh, my God.
16:29I don't know.
16:59I don't know.
17:29That's in fact the teacher of Divyanchi who is giving a media bite.
17:33She's saying that the government should take 100% responsibility for what's transpired.
17:38In fact, she's also saying that she was a very smart girl in her school, only studying in 9th standard.
17:43She's the teacher of Divyanchi whose lifeless body is there right behind me.
17:49Of course, the outrage is very real.
17:51She's demanding for accountability from the police department, from the government.
17:56She's asking who is responsible for this kind of tragedy.
17:59All that she wanted to do was to take a glimpse of her RCB favourite cricket players.
18:05And that's the teacher of Divyanchi who is demanding accountability.
18:09She's questioning as to how come a stadium that had the capacity to only accommodate 35,000 members,
18:16how come LACS could turn up without enough police deployment.
18:20That's the kind of question that she's putting forward, calling out the government's mismanagement
18:25The angst, the outrage, the pain, it's too real.
18:30In fact, the family members, their pain is just unspeakable.
18:33Let's come back to you in a moment from Naanaga getting asked those details.
18:37In fact, the Home Minister is responding as well.
18:39We'll just listen in.
18:40I'm going to take a sham.
18:42Theugh is a through what you have also asked them.
18:44The government has ordered for an inquiry.
19:14The government has ordered for an inquiry.
19:44The government has ordered for an inquiry.
20:14The government has ordered for an inquiry.
20:2046 of them have been discharged and are back to their homes after treatment.
20:26Only 10 of them are receiving treatment at the hospital where none of them are serious at the moment.
20:34They are all out of the critical zone.
20:36The government has ordered for an inquiry.
20:44The government has ordered for an inquiry.
20:52The government has ordered for an inquiry.
20:54The government has ordered for an inquiry.
20:58The government has ordered for an inquiry.
21:00The government has ordered for an inquiry.
21:04The government has ordered for an inquiry.
21:10The government has ordered for an inquiry.
21:12The government has ordered for an inquiry.
21:14The government has ordered for an inquiry.
21:16The government has ordered for an inquiry.
21:18The government has ordered for an inquiry.
21:20The government has ordered for an inquiry.
21:22The government has ordered for an inquiry.
21:26The government has ordered for an inquiry.
21:28The government has ordered for an inquiry.
21:30The government has ordered for an inquiry.
21:32The government has ordered for a inquiry.
21:33The government has ordered for a inquiry.
21:33Everything was crooked and would have replaced.
21:34Everyone was scared.
21:48The government himself ordered for a inquiry.
21:49We wereŚŚ methods and the government have ordered for an inquiry.
21:52The government is ready for us.
21:53They spit action against those who are responsible for the lapses.
22:23Let's listen in now to BJP's Shambit Patra.
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23:47on the dead bodies of innocent people
23:4911 people have lost their life
23:52more than 50 people are badly and severely injured
23:55many of them are critical
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25:06But in Karnataka, just because D.K. Shivkumar and Siddharamaya wanted photo ops, 12 hours under you have completed victory march for victory march.
25:36Gambhir rup se khayal hai. Alu Arjun, eek abhineta hai, stampede hoa tha, Alu Arjun giraftaar hoa tha, kya Alu Arjun ki giraftaari jis Karnataka sarkar nne kiraaya tha,
25:52usi adhar par, on the same principle as to why Alu Arjun was arrested, on the same principle, will Mr. D.K. Shivkumar and Mr. Siddharamaya be arrested?
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26:10You will have a set of rules for common people and other people, and you will have a different set of rules for your own politicians.
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26:36DCM, Deputy Chief Minister, à€šà„ blame à€à€żà€Żà€Ÿ à€čà„ à€à€ż crowds, à€
à€§à€żà€à„à€€à„ à€à€° crowds à€à„ à€à€Ÿà€°à€Ł à€à€žà€Ÿ à€čà„à€,
26:43à€à€ video à€Żà„ à€ à€°à€čà€Ÿ à€čà„ à€à€ż à€à€ à€”à„à€à„à€€à„ à€à€šà€à„ à€à€° camera à€à„ à€Źà„à€ à€źà„à€ à€ à€à€Żà€Ÿ,
26:48à€€à„ D.K. Shivkumar à€à€žà„ à€§à€à„à€à€Ÿ à€źà€Ÿà€° à€°à€čà„ à€čà„, à€à€°à„à€Šà€š à€žà„ à€Șà€à€Ąà€Œà€à€° à€à€žà„ à€§à€à„à€à€Ÿ à€źà€Ÿà€° à€°à€čà„ à€čà„.
26:53The more important factor was the camera and D.K. Shivkumar, à€à€šà€à„ à€Źà„à€ à€źà„à€ à€à„à€ à€à€šà€Ÿ à€šà€čà„à€ à€à€Ÿà€čà€żà€.
26:59Importance was not crowd management, importance was his PR stunt.
27:03à€€à„ à€à„à€Żà€Ÿ D.K. Shivkumar à€źà€Ÿà€«à„ à€źà€Ÿà€à€ à€à„ resign à€à€°à„à€à€à„?
27:09Question number three, who authorized this?
27:12And was there any risk management conducted?
27:15à€à€ž à€Șà„à€°à„ event à€à„ à€à€żà€žà€šà„ authorized à€à€żà€Żà€Ÿ, à€à€żà€žà€šà„ sign à€à€żà€Żà€Ÿ, à€à€Ÿà€à€à„à€ à€Șà„?
27:20à€à€° à€à€žà€à„ risk management à€à„ à€Źà€Ÿà€°à„ à€źà„à€ à€à„à€Żà€Ÿ study à€čà„à€, à€”à„ à€à€Ÿà€à€à€Œ à€à„ à€čà€ź à€Šà„à€à€šà€Ÿ à€à€Ÿà€čà€żà€.
27:27à€źà„à€€à„à€Żà„ à€čà„à€šà„ à€à„ à€Șà€¶à„à€à€Ÿà€Š à€à„, despite the deaths, who authorized the events to continue?
27:34Because when death à€čà„à€, à€€à„ à€€à„à€źà€Ÿà€ź TV channels à€§à€šà„à€Żà€”à€Ÿà€Š à€čà„ à€à€Ș à€Čà„à€à„à€, à€à€Ș à€Čà„à€à„à€à€šà„ à€žà€Ź à€à„à€ à€Šà€żà€à€Ÿà€Żà€Ÿ.
27:39à€à€ à€€à€°à€č, dead bodies, à€źà„à€à„ à€€à„ à€°à€żà€Šà€Ż à€”à€żà€Šà€Ÿà€°à€ à€Čà€ à€°à€čà€Ÿ à€čà„.
27:43A police man carrying this young child in his lap, à€
à€Șà€šà„ à€à„à€§ à€źà„à€ à€à€ à€Ÿà€à„ à€”à„ à€à€Ÿà€ à€°à€čà€Ÿ à€čà„, this young child's dead body.
27:52And the other side, there is laughing, cheering, and garlanding, smiling.
27:59Is this the difference?
28:01à€žà€§à€°à€Ÿà€š à€à€Šà€źà„ à€źà€° à€°à€čà€Ÿ à€čà„ à€à€° à€à€Ș à€źà€čà€Ÿà€Șà€šà„, how, despite the deaths, how the felicitations and how the event continued?
28:07Where the medical emergency is in place, à€à€Șà€šà„ assessment à€à€°à€à„,
28:13ambulances à€à„ à€žà€à€à„à€Żà€Ÿ à€à€° medical emergency à€à€Ÿ à€”à€čà€Ÿà€ à€Șà„à€°à€Ÿà€”à€§à€Ÿà€š à€à€żà€Żà€Ÿ à€„à€Ÿ, à€Żà€Ÿ à€šà€čà„à€ à€à€żà€Żà€Ÿ à€„à€Ÿ?
28:18Will Alu Arjun principle apply?
28:21Alu Arjun à€à„ à€žà€Ÿà€„ à€à„ à€à€żà€Żà€Ÿ à€„à€Ÿ, à€”à„ à€à€Ș à€
à€Șà€šà„ à€šà„à€€à€Ÿà€à€ à€à„ à€žà€Ÿà€„ à€à€°à„à€à€à„ à€Żà€Ÿ à€šà€čà„à€ à€à€°à„à€à€à„?
28:26And despite the police not giving permission, who authorized the victory march?
28:33à€à€żà€ž à€šà„ authorized à€à€żà€Żà€Ÿ à€Żà„ victory march?
28:35à€à€° à€
à€à€€à„à€źà„ à€źà„à€ à€à€ à€Źà€Ÿà€° à€Źà€Ąà€Œà€Ÿ à€Șà€¶à„à€ à€°à„à€Ș à€žà„ à€Źà„à€Čà€šà€Ÿ à€à€Ÿà€čà€€à€Ÿ à€čà„à€,
28:42à€
à€à„ à€€à„ à€źà„à€ à€à€Œà€Źà€° à€źà„à€ à€Šà„à€ à€°à€čà€Ÿ à€„à€Ÿ à€à€ż à€¶à€Ÿà€Żà€Š 35,000 à€à„ capacity à€čà„ à€à€ž stadium à€à„,
28:46à€à€° 25,000 extra ticket à€Źà„à€à„ à€à€, à€à€žà€Ÿ à€€à„ à€à€à„ à€šà€čà„à€ à€čà„à€€à€Ÿ à€čà„ 35,000 à€à„ capacity,
28:51à€à€° 25,000 extra ticket à€Źà„à€à„ à€à€, à€à€žà„ à€à„à€žà„ à€čà„ à€žà€à€€à€Ÿ à€čà„?
28:55This is surely the failure of the state government, à€Żà„ à€°à€Ÿà€à„à€Ż à€žà€°à€à€Ÿà€° à€à€Ÿ à€«à€żà€Čà„à€Żà„à€° à€čà„,
29:03the state government has to own its failure,
29:05the chief minister and the deputy chief minister have to resign for the death of 11 innocent people
29:13and for the injury that 50 people have received.
29:19à€à€° à€žà€Źà€žà„ à€Źà€Ąà€Œà€Ÿ à€Șà„à€°à€¶à€š à€à€Ąà€Œà€€à€Ÿ à€čà„, à€à€čà€Ÿà€ à€čà„ à€°à€Ÿà€čà„à€Č à€à€Ÿà€à€Šà„?
29:25à€čà€° à€Šà€żà€š à€à„ à€°à€Ÿà€čà„à€Č à€à€Ÿà€à€Šà„ à€à€Ÿà€°à€€à€”à€°à„à€¶ à€à€Ÿ à€źà€à€Ÿà€ à€à€Ąà€Ÿà€€à„ à€čà„à€,
29:29à€à€Ÿà€°à€€à€”à€°à„à€¶ à€à„ à€à€żà€Čà€Ÿà€« à€à€čà€€à„ à€čà„à€,
29:31à€šà€°à„à€à€Šà„à€° à€źà„à€Šà„ à€à„ à€à€Ÿ à€źà€à€Ÿà€ à€à€Ąà€Ÿà€€à„ à€čà„à€,
29:34à€žà„à€šà€Ÿ à€à„ à€źà€à€Ÿà€ à€à€Ąà€Ÿà€€à„ à€čà„à€,
29:36à€à€° à€à€čà€€à„ à€čà„à€, à€Żà€č à€źà„à€°à€Ÿ democratic right à€čà„,
29:39à€à€čà€Ÿà€ à€čà„ à€”à„ à€°à€Ÿà€čà„à€Č à€à€Ÿà€à€Šà„ à€à€?
29:42à€à€čà€Ÿà€ à€à„à€Șà€à„ à€Źà„à€à„ à€čà„à€?
29:45à€à„à€Żà€Ÿ à€°à€Ÿà€čà„à€Č à€à€Ÿà€à€Šà„ à€Źà„à€à„ à€¶à€żà€”à€à„à€źà€Ÿà€° à€à€° à€žà€żà€Šà€°à€źà€Żà€Ÿ à€à„ à€žà„ à€žà€”à€Ÿà€Č à€Șà„à€à„à€à€à„?
29:49à€à„à€Żà€Ÿ à€°à€Ÿà€čà„à€Č à€à€Ÿà€à€Šà„ à€à€ž à€Șà€° à€à„à€à€ à€à€°à„à€à€à„ à€à€° à€à€šà€à„ à€€à€Čà€Ź à€à€°à„à€à€à„ à€Šà€żà€Čà„à€à„?
29:55à€à„à€Żà€Ÿ à€à€šà€žà„ resignation à€Čà„à€à€à„?
29:57We are waiting for the response of Mr. Rahul Gandhi as well.
30:00And I hope Mr. Rahul Gandhi, since you run the government in Karnataka, you will not hide somewhere.
30:08You will come out and you will speak and you will take action against your leaders.
30:30Mahul Gandhi, the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha and senior leader of the Congress Party.
30:36Asking why he is quiet about this entire situation.
30:41Why did the celebrations continue after this stampede?
30:44Remember, he is also referring to that image of a police officer running with a small child
30:50and that juxtaposed with the celebrations which were going on.
30:55Remember, India had put out those details yesterday.
30:58On one hand were pictures of the stampede.
31:01On the other hand were images of the victory bash, the celebrations that essentially continued yesterday.
31:09These are questions that is now being asked of the opposition BJP in the state of Karnataka
31:14that why this criminal callousness, 35,000, that was the capacity of the Chinnaswami Stadium
31:23where the stampede took place.
31:24But over 3 lakh people turned up.
31:28Why was that allowed?
31:30Who was responsible for this?
31:33The Karnataka government in its defense has said that even they didn't know that so many people would turn up.
31:38It was a ticketed event.
31:41Were tickets sold to over 2 and 3 lakh people?
31:44That's the big question here.
31:45What about crowd management?
31:49Just 5,000 policemen were deployed to manage crowds that ran into lakhs essentially.
31:57Also drawing the analogy with the case of Alu Arjun during the release of his film when his stampede took place,
32:03the BJP is asked that the actor was promptly arrested.
32:06Should that not be the case?
32:08With the administrators of Karnataka as well.
32:11I'm going back to Sagay for more on that.
32:14Sagay is where the stampede took place.
32:16Sagay, the BJP they're raising these questions and also asking something that India today also, you know, showed.
32:23The irony of which images of the stampede on the other side, the victory celebrations continue.
32:31Not a word for those who had died, isn't it?
32:33Absolutely, incident happened after 2.33 o'clock and the government were informed about this particular stampede
32:44and DK Shukuman, the deputy chief minister of Karnataka, who spoke to India today inside the Children's Zombie Stadium.
32:49He has also mentioned that they were informed about it and they communicated to the RCB management
32:56that there were so many people who were killed, so you need to cut short the celebration event in Children's Zombie Stadium.
33:01So they were well aware that the fans were killed in stampede.
33:05Probably at that point of time, the numbers, initially the numbers were less.
33:08Probably four to seven people who had been reported.
33:10And later on, we got to know that there were 11 people who were killed in this particular stampede.
33:15But the larger question is, when you call your fans as a 12th man army, as a family, when your family members are dying,
33:24or died on the streets waiting for you to get a glimpse of your team, to get a glimpse of their superstar,
33:32to get a glimpse of their favorite player, but they died waiting for that and you still go ahead and celebrate.
33:38It's such a human, such a shameful act by any management who does all these things,
33:44despite knowing that your fan follower, your fan has died just waiting for you.
33:49This clearly shows us insensitive of KACA, RCB management, and even the government.
33:55Government, which takes the onus of everything, who should give the security, who should take care of the crowd management.
34:02They should be aware that there are so many people who are traveling in metro.
34:06Their intelligence should have reported to the government, stating that, see, these many people are coming.
34:10You should be very careful that there are large number of gathering which is happening, but you have very less police force.
34:16You should rather deploy more police force, get a police force from your reserve police department and try to shift here.
34:22There were hardly few people.
34:23We could even count the police personnel because everybody were in Kaki and they were controlling.
34:28And the crowd, crowd was 10 times more than what this stadium could accommodate.
34:33Apart from this, there were also crowds at Vidant Souda.
34:36And thankfully, there was no mischief, no tragedy at Vidant Souda.
34:39Everything unfolded here at the stadium.
34:41And even the KACA did not manage properly.
34:44They didn't open the gate.
34:45They didn't allow the people to enter.
34:47When they realized there are so many people rushing inside, they closed the gate.
34:51That's when everybody started to panic.
34:53They were worried that whether they will be allowed inside, whether they will be getting a seat.
34:56It was on a first-come, first-serve basis.
34:59And that's when everything unfolded.
35:0211 people, most of them died here.
35:05And again, on the gate number 7 on the other side, the barricade fell on them.
35:09Everybody tried to jump the wall.
35:11And they even gate crashed and tried to do all kinds of circus to ensure that they get inside
35:18or to get to see a glimpse of their favorite player, favorite team.
35:24And ended up giving their life to their team.
35:27This is a tragedy.
35:28And this is a plight.
35:30And this is a fate of these people who came here yesterday to see the victory celebration of RCB here in Bengaluru.
35:39That's right.
35:40You know, Sagai, you rightly put, just for a glimpse of the favorite cricketer.
35:44But at what cost, really?
35:46The manner in which the lives were lost, snuffed out in a few moments.
35:50A terrible tragedy that we're reporting on from Bengaluru.
35:53Sagai continues to be with us to tell our viewers about what could have possibly been the lapses here.
36:00The victory bash was announced at a short notice.
36:04Remember, the day after, less than a day after the victory, this was announced.
36:08And clearly unplanned.
36:10There was no clear entry and exit points and barricades.
36:14And that is a big concern when it comes to huge crowd management.
36:18There was no clarity, none whatsoever, on ticket and the entry pass.
36:24Nobody had an idea.
36:25Netas ignored crowd safety.
36:28They opted for the bash.
36:30Cops concern overlooked by Netas, who were very keen on bash.
36:34We saw that Netas turned RCB win to a photo opportunity and selfies, as was evident, even after the stampede took place.
36:44The family members of several Netas turned up just to get a glimpse and take a selfie with the cricketers there.
36:50The venue was not equipped to hold massive crowd surge.
36:54No adequate cops to control crowd.
36:575,000 of them for a crowd of 2 to 3 lakh people who had just turned up.
37:03Many were on VVIP duty.
37:05Heavy VVIP management was there.
37:07Movement was there.
37:08And hence, cops were busy.
37:10Outnumbered cops.
37:12Lati charged.
37:13And things was for the fans who eventually got Lati charged.
37:18Many of them were caught in that stampede.
37:20Karnataka minister owing up to glaring lapses.
37:25The mantri says needed better planning and coordination.
37:28Young Khadige says did best we could to manage this crowd.
37:31The mantri hits out at his own government about crowd management.
37:36B.J.P. likes to politicize everything.
37:58The same B.J.P. when we told that a victory parade in an open bus would not be feasible on such short notice because of the lack of time to make arrangements.
38:13They said we were insulting the cricketers.
38:16But that post has now been deleted and now they are saying that it should not have been done at all.
38:21So, B.J.P. intention of politicizing and communalizing everything is not healthy.
38:46Absolutely.
38:48And if you notice that probably all the ministers are quite well aware that it should have handled a better way.
38:54But nobody is coming out and talking about it.
38:56In fact, everybody knows that there is a collective failure of government, RCB and KACA management in this entire tragedy of killing 11 people.
39:05Imagine this particular road, one particular footpath, which is just accommodating close to 3 lakh people who want to enter the stadium.
39:12It is a mere joke and bouncers handling the entry and exit of the fans and the police controlling the crowd.
39:20This clearly shows that there was no planning.
39:23It was a short notice.
39:24And even if they would have organized on a Friday or a weekend, there would have been more crowd.
39:29Whether you organize the next day or a previous day or whichever day it is after the match, you will find this kind of crowd when there is a celebration for RCB.
39:37Because RCB has a huge fan following.
39:40Even on a cricket match day when we come near the stadium, there will be around 35,000 people inside.
39:45But still outside, there will be around 30,000 people still waiting for tickets.
39:49That is the kind of fan following that RCB has where everybody wants to get a glimpse.
39:55Even there were followers, even during the match time, to get a glimpse of their players when they pass through the vehicles.
40:00You might have seen multiple videos on social media.
40:03And this is a kind of fan following.
40:05The government should have anticipated, the intelligence should have anticipated that this is the kind of crowd that you are going to get.
40:13Because the RCB management has clearly mentioned that there will be a victory parade the next day.
40:18They had mentioned in their social media.
40:20And people from Kolar, people from Haasan.
40:22I'll come back to you, Sagay, in a moment from now, we are talking about the Stampede case.
40:28The news that we have is the court now taking a Swoomoto PIL on the Chinnaswami tragedy.
40:35And the matter is going to be heard at 2.30.
40:37This matter has now gone to court as a PIL.
40:41And the court has taken this matter up.
40:44Sagay, this matter is now going to be heard at 2.30.
40:47I'm presuming this has obviously got to do with the serious lapses in crowd management that we've seen?
40:52There is a PIL which has been filed.
41:00And subsequently, the Karnataka High Court has also taken a Swoomoto on this.
41:04And the case will be heard around 2.30 p.m. this afternoon.
41:09And the court have taken cognizance of the entire incident which has unfolded in front of Chinnaswami Stadium.
41:14Remember, this is one of the tragedies.
41:16And even there was a terrorist attack in one of the IPL matches a few years back, probably 10 years back.
41:22But nobody was killed.
41:23And that particular incident, it is worse than a terrorist attack in front of Chinnaswami Stadium
41:27where 11 people were killed because of the mismanagement.
41:31Thankfully, the court has taken a cognizance of it.
41:34And there will be a PIL which will be heard around 2.30 p.m. this afternoon.
41:382.30 p.m. this matter is going to be heard with the court now taking cognizance of this matter.
41:44This is on the Chinnaswami tragedy hearing at 2.30 p.m. in the afternoon.
41:53The spotlight in Bengaluru has shifted from cricket to tragedy.
41:5711 lives have been lost in a stampede outside the Chinnaswami Stadium,
42:02thereby putting the Sidramaya government in the donk.
42:04There are glaring lapses.
42:06The Chief Minister is deflecting the blame.
42:08Left, right, and center.
42:10Here's more.
42:28Celebrations turned into tragedy.
42:30In minutes, fan frenzy in Bengaluru turned fatal.
42:41As some members of the Red Army took their final breaths in a sea of uncontrolled frenzy,
42:47all eyes turned to the Sidramaya Sarkar.
42:49The government which went on with its event at the Chinnaswami Stadium despite the tragedy unfolding outside.
43:01Sidramaya government, which is facing BGP and public's ire for negligence, was quick enough to shift blame.
43:11From people to the cricket association, Chief Minister Sidramaya blamed everyone left, right, and center, except his own government.
43:20He first called the crowd who turned up at the stadium uncontrollable.
43:26The Chief Minister also said the stadium's capacity was 35k.
43:31But a crowd of two to three lakhs turned up, which made the cops' job difficult.
43:37Not just that.
43:38He also said that only those who had tickets should have come for the celebrations.
43:42Nobody has expected so much of a crowd will come, because the capacity of the stadium is only 35,000.
43:53But two to three lakh people have come to participate in this celebration.
44:00In another deflection, he said, the event was organized by the Cricket Association,
44:06suggesting the government merely handled police deployment and wasn't involved in planning at all.
44:11It is Cricket State, Cricket Association, which arranged the program.
44:18See, earlier also, the same police people were doing the security job.
44:25During the matches.
44:26This time also, they were doing this security job.
44:30But the Chief Minister did not stop there.
44:34Facing BGP's criticism of negligence, Sidramaya invoked a tragedy from the past.
44:39He brought up the Kumbh Mela Stampede, where several lives were lost.
44:44He insisted he wasn't defending himself, but not many were convinced.
45:00It's deeply unfortunate that a government under fire for its own negligence chooses to deflect.
45:08Is political survival a public image, more important than human lives?
45:15Bureau Report, India Today.
45:17You can find the report and much more up on our website.
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