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BCCI Appoints Three-Member Panel to Draft Safety Guidelines for Victory Celebrations

The three-member panel must submit safety recommendations within 15 days to avert crowd crises at future cricket victory events.

At least 11 people were killed in a stampede on June 4 outside the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru. (AFP)
BCCI forms a three-member committee after the Bengaluru stampede, with guidelines for victory celebrations to be issued after 15 days.
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Overview

  • On June 4, an unapproved fan event outside Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium turned deadly when overcrowding triggered a stampede that killed 11 people and injured 33.
  • The BCCI appointed a three-member panel headed by secretary Devajit Saikia with Rajeev Shukla and Prabhtej Singh Bhatia to draft new safety norms for victory celebrations.
  • The committee is tasked with delivering comprehensive guidelines within 15 days to establish crowd control measures, capacity limits and emergency protocols.
  • FIRs have been lodged against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, the Karnataka State Cricket Association and event manager DNA Entertainment over an unauthorized open-access parade.
  • A Karnataka High Court commission is investigating the tragedy as senior IAS officers and KSCA leaders face scrutiny and resignations, and RCB marketing head Nikhil Sosale was arrested and later granted interim bail.