Following the tragic stampede in Bengaluru during RCB’s IPL trophy celebrations, a significant development has occurred, with Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) secretary A. Shankar and treasurer E. S. Jairam resigning from their posts. The duo submitted their resignations to KSCA president Raghuram Bhat on Thursday night, citing moral responsibility for the incident that left 11 people dead and over 50 injured.
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In a joint statement, Shankar and Jairam said:
“Due to the unforeseen and unfortunate events that have unfolded in the last two days, and though our role was very limited, we wish to state that we have tendered our resignation to our respective posts.”
While the KSCA has maintained that it was not responsible for crowd or gate management during the June 5 celebration, the resignations mark the first major fallout in the wake of the tragedy. The KSCA had earlier told the Karnataka High Court that its role was limited to providing the venue and facilitating permissions, while crowd control was handled by RCB and its event partner DNA Entertainment Networks.
Chaos broke out outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium after a deleted RCB social media post invited fans to gather for a victory parade. The felicitation event at Vidhan Soudha went smoothly, but the unregulated crowd outside the stadium led to a stampede. The High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the incident and halted coercive action against KSCA officials until June 16. An FIR has been lodged against KSCA, RCB, and DNA, and four arrests have been made, including RCB’s head of marketing.
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