Bengaluru Stampede: RCB Ki Victory Celebration Mein Bada Hadsa
Bengaluru mein Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) ki IPL 2025 victory celebration ek tragedy mein badal gayi jab M. Chinnaswamy Stadium ke bahar bheed mein bhagdad mach gayi. Reports ke mutabik, is stampede-like situation mein kam se kam 11 logon ki maut ho gayi aur 33 se zyada log ghaayal ho gaye. Yeh incident Wednesday, June 4, 2025 ko shaam ke time hua jab thousands of RCB fans apni favorite team ko celebrate karne ke liye stadium ke aaspaas jama hue the.
Kya Hua Tha?
RCB ne Tuesday ko Ahmedabad mein Punjab Kings ko hara kar apna pehla IPL title jeeta tha, jo 18 saal ke lamba intezaar khatam karta hai. Team ke Bengaluru wapas aane par, ek grand celebration plan kiya gaya tha. Pehle team ko Vidhana Soudha mein Karnataka ke Chief Minister Siddaramaiah aur Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar ne felicitate kiya. Uske baad ek open bus parade ka plan tha jo Vidhana Soudha se Chinnaswamy Stadium tak jana tha. Lekin bheed ke uncontrollable hone ki wajah se yeh parade cancel kar di gayi.
Jab fans stadium ke Gate No. 1 aur Cubbon Park ke paas gather hue, wahan chaos shuru ho gaya. Logon ne stadium ke walls aur fences par chadhna shuru kiya aur gates todne ki koshish ki. Isi rush mein stampede ho gayi, jisme kai log gir gaye aur kuch crushed ho gaye. Ek eyewitness, Mahesh, ne bataya, “Main ne dekha teen ladkiyan gir gayi, aur bheed ke wajah se situation out of control ho gaya.” Ek child bhi bheed mein behosh ho gaya, jo is tragedy ki seriousness ko dikhata hai.
Injuries Aur Medical Response
Ghaayal logon ko turant Bowring Hospital aur Vydehi Superspeciality Hospital le jaya gaya. Reports ke mutabik, ek vyakti critical condition mein hai, aur kai logon ko head injuries ke wajah se NIMHANS shift kiya gaya hai. Kuch fans ne ghaayalon ko CPR diya, aur police ne bhi victims ko hospitals tak pohchane mein madad ki, lekin heavy traffic ke wajah se yeh kaam mushkil tha.
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah ne press conference mein kaha, “Humein itni badi bheed ki ummeed nahi thi. Yeh ek bada tragedy hai.” Unhone announce kiya ki har deceased ke family ko Rs 10 lakh ka compensation diya jayega, aur injured logon ka treatment government ke kharche par hoga.
Authorities Aur Public Reaction
Prime Minister Narendra Modi ne bhi is incident par dukh vyakt kiya aur Twitter par likha, “Bengaluru ke Chinnaswamy Stadium ke paas RCB celebrations ke dauraan stampede mein jaan gawane walon ka dukh dil se dil tak jata hai.” Karnataka ke Governor Taawarchand Gehlot aur Home Minister G Parameshwara bhi hospitals mein injured logon se milne gaye.
BJP leaders, jaise Tejasvi Surya aur B.Y. Vijayendra, ne Congress-led state government par is tragedy ke liye blame dala, yeh kehkar ki crowd control ke liye koi proper arrangements nahi kiye gaye. BJP Karnataka ne X par post kiya, “No crowd control measures, no basic arrangements, just chaos. Jab log mare ja rahe the, tab Siddaramaiah aur D.K. Shivakumar reels banane mein busy the.”
RCB Ki Response
RCB ne apni celebrations ko short kar diya aur open bus parade cancel kar di. Team ke captain Rajat Patidar aur star player Virat Kohli ne Chinnaswamy Stadium mein thodi der fans ke saath trophy share ki, lekin tragedy ke wajah se event jaldi khatam kar diya gaya. Virat Kohli ne Instagram par likha, “Main 18 saal se yeh dekhta aaya hoon, aur yeh victory hum sab ke liye special hai, khaas kar Bengaluru ke fans ke liye.”
Aage Kya?
CM Siddaramaiah ne is incident ki magisterial inquiry ka order diya hai, aur strict action ka promise kiya hai agar koi lapses payi jati hain. Bengaluru Police ne bhi public ko advise kiya ki woh Vidhana Soudha aur Chinnaswamy Stadium ke aaspaas ke roads avoid karein aur metro ka use karein.
Yeh tragedy ek reminder hai ki bade events ke liye proper planning aur safety measures kitne zaroori hote hain. RCB ki jeet ka jashn manana tha, lekin yeh ek dukhbhari yaad ban gaya. Hum sab is incident mein apno ko khone walon ke saath hain aur injured logon ke jaldi recovery ki dua karte hain.
Source: Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, Firstpost, ANI