BCCI awakened after Bengaluru stampede! Now the big decision will be taken, disclosed in this report

BCCI New Guidelines on Celebration after Bengaluru Stampede: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) IPL victory was turned into a mourning on Wednesday when a stampede outside the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium killed many people. This tragic incident has forced the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the IPL franchise to think about the security system again. BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia described it as ‘eye -opening’ and said that the board will soon make new rules for congested events.

What happened in Bengaluru?

On June 3, Royal Challengers Bangalore won its first IPL Trophy in the 18th season. After which the team reached Bangalore on 4 June to celebrate the victory. Where the players were greeted in the premises of Vidhan Saudha. After this, the Victory Parade was also to be taken out in the open bus. But it was canceled due to rain. The entire team reached M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, but a stampede occurred outside the stadium and 11 people died while many were injured.

BCCI awake after bengaluru stampede

Devajeet Saikia told the Indian Express, “This incident is a lesson for all of us. Every year some team will win and celebrate in our city. We have to learn from it so that there is no such incident in future. At the moment, BCCI has no control over the personal celebration of any franchise.” (Bengaluru Stampede)

Giving the example of the recent match at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Devjit Saikia said, “Yesterday (Tuesday) there were 1,32,000 people at the Narendra Modi Stadium. We took care of every small aspect of security and mob management, and no incident happened. There was no proper policing and control. There was nothing wrong in Bengaluru, but there is no role of BasCI.”

Victory parade has been done in India before

This Bengaluru Stampede incident has raised questions whether local authorities were given enough time to take enough measures for mob management. Earlier, the BCCI had organized the Victory Parade in Mumbai after the victory of the 2007 and 2024 T20 World Cups, but there was no incident then. However, those events were not limited to a small area.