At least 11 people were killed and dozens were injured Wednesday in a crushing of the crowd outside a stadium in the Indian city of Bengaluru while tens of thousands celebrated a premier League cricket championship, officials said.
The crowd had gathered outside Mr. Chinnaswamy’s stadium one day after the city’s popular cricket franchise, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, had won its first title in the history of 18 years of the Indian Premier Rich in species.
A parade of victory in a hurry had been canceled after the officials determined that the risk of stampede was too large. But a celebration inside the stadium took place, the team made a bus instead of arriving by parade, and people were trampled on at the doors when they were trying to make their way.
Six bodies and 19 injured people were taken to Bowring hospital in Bengaluru, the technological center of southern India, also known as Bangalore, said Manoj Kumar, its director. All the dead except one were adolescence or in the twenties. Officials from a second hospital, Vydehi told journalists that four bodies and 12 injured had been taken there.
Late Wednesday, Siddaramaiah, the chief minister of the Karnataka state, where Bengaluru is the capital, said 11 people died. Authorities have said the toll could increase more.
“It was a lot close to the doors, and it was really difficult for police and stadium staff to control the crowd,” said Siddharth HN, a graduate student who had arrived to participate in the celebration.
Karnataka opposition parties have raised questions about hasty arrangements for festivities.
“The government of the State should assume full responsibility for this tragedy,” by Vijayendra, the chief of Karnataka of the Bharatiya Janata party, who leads the national government but is in the opposition in the state, Tell to journalists. “The government of the state never cares about previous preparations. They were more interested in advertising. ”
Siddaramaiah, the chief minister of Karnataka, who represents the party of the Congress in power in the state, said that the plan of a parade had been canceled after the crowd had become too large and unruly.
“This tragedy has overshadowed the joy of victory,” he said on social networks.
DK Shivakumar DK, said 5,000 police officers had been deployed to ensure security for a parade, but that they could not use force against the “dynamic young crowd” as it became “uncontrollable”.
The Indian Premier League is one of the richest sports leagues in the world, and Bengaluru’s team may be the most popular. The faithful fan following is attributable to a large extent to the long -standing presence of his biggest star, Virat Kohli, who has been his face since the creation of the League.
Late Tuesday, Bengaluru’s team finally took its first championship, beating the league punjab franchise in front of one more crowd than 90,000 The people of the west city of Ahmedabad.
