BENGALURU STADIUM STAMPEDE: HOW LACK OF CLARITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA LEFT RCB FANS CONFUSED

The idea of a crowd gathering for a victory celebration had long been on fans' mind in the event of RCB winning the final. This fantasy, coupled with RCB's confusing announcements, led fans to believe that a victory parade was definitely going to take place

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Of the many things that went wrong on June 4, when the stampede occurred during the victory celebrations of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), tragically killing 11 persons, the most important one was glaring gaps in social media communication. Throughout the day, various updates that were put out by the social media page of RCB conflicted with the communication provided by the Bengaluru City Police (BCP) and Bengaluru Traffic Police (BTP), leading to confusion among fans.

"When I woke up, I saw that RCB had announced a victory parade and decided that I would participate in it. In a few hours, I saw again on social media that the police had denied permission for the parade. A few minutes later,