Killer Stampede: Anticipation, Top Weapon To Keep Death Away

Twenty-six men were killed in Baisaran Meadows near Pahalgam in Jammu & Kashmir on April 22, 2025.

- Nirad Mudur

They were killed by terrorists, most of them on being asked which community they belonged to, and selectively targeted on being given an answer that weighed in favor of pulling the trigger. Terror killed these men.

Forty-three days later, on June 4, 2025, eleven young lives—those of four women, five men and two minors, a girl aged 14 and a boy aged 17—were snuffed out when massive crowds, estimated to be about 2.5 lakh to 3 lakh, converged on Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, trying to gain entry into the premises to be a part of the celebrations planned by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), which won the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 title for the first time in its 18th edition. Stampede killed them.