When the chaos broke out at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru at round 4 pm on Wednesday, as greater than 5,000 Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) followers surged in direction of the entry gates to see the IPL 2025 winners, Saidulu Adavath, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North), and his two subordinates had been among the many few legislation enforcement officers current on the venue.
With the gang swelling throughout a parallel felicitation occasion for the gamers on the close by Vidhana Soudha, which Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D Okay Shivakumar attended, Gates 2, 2A, 6, 7, 16, 17, 18, and 21 on the stadium became bottlenecks.
At Gate 17, a lone safety guard struggled to handle the quickly rising crowd. When some individuals compelled their manner in, there was overwhelming strain on the gate, inflicting a crush that led to a stampede that killed 11 individuals.
DCP Adavath, who arrived late resulting from visitors, instantly grabbed a lathi and charged into the gang, risking his security to regain management, in keeping with his subordinates. After a number of makes an attempt, he managed to shut the gate from inside.
He and his crew then moved in direction of Gates 18 and 19, lathi-charging the gang. This intervention ensured that Gate 19 remained stampede-free. However by then, 5 individuals had already collapsed close to Gate 17 and had been rushed for medical care.
Whereas the Bengaluru police have but to formally reveal what number of police officers had been deployed on the stadium, sources mentioned Adavath and his crew needed to management the gang on their very own for practically an hour.
A big delay in police reinforcements exacerbated the state of affairs. By the point backup arrived, 11 individuals had misplaced their lives, and greater than 50 had been injured. DCP Adavath, who sustained a hand damage and confirmed indicators of low blood strain and arrhythmia, was admitted to Ramaiah Hospital and is at present beneath remark. Officers in his crew escaped with out accidents.