Karnataka government blamed virat kohli video: The Karnataka government has submitted a report in the High Court in the Bengaluru stampede case. The Karnataka government has said that Royal Challengers Bangalore had not already taken any permission from the City Police to take out the Victory Parade of the IPL on 4 June. He held several events one after the other, killing 11 people in the stampede and injured more than 50 people.
The Government of Karnataka has presented this report to everyone on Thursday, 17 July. The state government had demanded the High Court to keep the report confidential, but the court said that there is no legal basis for such a request.
Government report of Karnataka
According to the report submitted by the Government of Karnataka, on June 3, the RCB had informed the police that they could take out the parade, but they did not take permission in a formal manner. The police was also not given any required notice of seven days, so that they can estimate the crowd, be ready for traffic management and any emergency.
According to the report, the PI of Kabban Park Police Station did not allow the application of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) to the application of 6:30 pm on June 3, 2025, as till then there were both possibilities that the RCB could win and lose, so no arrangements were made.
Virat Kohli’s viral video
RCB announced on social media at 7.15 am on the morning of June 4 that a parade would be taken out from the Legislative Assembly to Chinnaswamy Stadium, which will make a free entry. This post of RCB caught the attention of the people. At the same time, in the report, the government, while referring to the video of cricketer Virat Kohli, said that when Virat came live at 8:55 am and he asked the fans to come into celebrations. Later, in the post released by RCB, it was also said that limited entry will be there.
“I’m going to feel the real side of it when we get to Bengaluru Tomorrow and Celebrate this with the City” – Virat Kohli ❤️🙌
King kohli walks into the dressing room with abd, talks about rajat’s Leadership, Jitesh’s Smartness, and the team coming toganer to achieve this… pic.twitter.com/aqly7lhvve
– Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@Rcbtweets) June 4, 2025
While there was a capacity of only 35 thousand people in the Chinnaswamy Stadium, more than three lakh people reached that day. The report also said that there was a lot of confusion about the entry system in the crowd, due to which the crowd became panic. The stadium gates also did not open on time, due to which the mob broke some doors. The Karnataka government said at the end of the report that this accident happened due to poor planning, lack of coordination and not following the process of Associate Organizers along with RCB.
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