HC TO EXAMINE SOPS FRAMED AFTER K'TAKA STAMPEDE

The Karnataka high court has said it wants to examine the state government's standard operating procedures (SOPs) for crowd control during large public events, in wake of the June 4 stampede outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium during the celebrations of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) IPL victory.

- Ayesha Arvind

A bench of chief justice Vibhu Bakhru and justice CM Joshi asked advocate general Shashikiran Shetty whether such SOPs were in place and cited the stampede last week at the Mansadevi temple in Haridwar to underscore the importance of p