BENGALURU STAMPEDE: POLICE FLAGGED LACK OF TIME TO PREPARE AND MAKE SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS, DOCUMENT SHOWS

This letter is the only document that shows the State government overruled concerns raised by the Bengaluru City Police and went ahead with RCB victory celebrations.Even as a blame game has broken out between the police and the State government over mishaps during Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) victory celebrations, it has now emerged that the Vidhana Soudha security had flagged concerns of overcrowding, lack of time and shortage of security personnel for the felicitation for the team on the grand steps of Vidhana Soudha.

- KALIDAS NEWDELHI

This letter is the only document that shows the State government overruled concerns raised by the Bengaluru City Police and went ahead with RCB victory celebrations. While it is true that no untoward incidents happened at the Vidhana Soudha event, police have argued an open air event at the administrative nerve centre of the state, coupled with a unilateral announcement by RCB of a victory parade on June 4 morning, brought lakhs to the street eventually leading to a stampede at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.