Bengaluru: Gate No. 7 – Which gives a comprehensive view of visitors to the Chinnaswamy Stadium through the main entrance – after the swimming of rumors, a trap of death came out that free tickets would be distributed there.In minutes, the gate turned into a sub -center of nervousness and disorder, as fans gathered in large numbers to celebrate RCB’s first IPL win, which fell over each other in a crazy scuffle for tickets.
“People lose complete control. It was a disaster,” said Achimanya from the Rajinagar neighborhood. Sudden rain around 5.30 pm made the situation worse.The stadium has 21 stands with 13 gates. While Gates was reserved for members of the 9 and 10 State Cricket Association, Gates 5, 6, 7, 19 and 20 – The highest concentration of the crowd – located along the main entrance route of the team, saw the highest concentration of the crowd. Gate 7 caused maximum casualties.Daily-Deley contributed to the tragedy of poor mob management and allowing a win parade through the city. Avinash S (31) from RR Nagar said, “There was an ambulance with 40 injured people. I was lucky to get out of time. Even the police was struggling to manage the mob.”Sinchana N (25), who was trapped in a scuffle, said, “I could escape the worst because I was late. The police was not controlling the crowd in real sense, and just pushing people around.”As the ambulances struggled to interact in their own way through the crowd, the police resorted to lethicage near Cuban Park Circle around 6.30 am to disperse the mob.
