Overview

• Devajit Saikia said no team may stage public celebrations within three to four days of winning the IPL title without formal BCCI approval
• A three-member Apex Council committee formed on June 14 has been tasked with drafting mandatory safety and security guidelines for post-match events
• The proposed rules call for 4- to 5-tier security measures covering venues and transit and require clearances from district police, state government and local authorities
• Eleven people died and over 50 were injured when a stampede broke out at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium gates on June 4, leading to the arrest of RCB’s head of marketing and two DNA Entertainment officials
• The Karnataka cabinet’s draft bill would empower police to penalize organizers for crowd control failures and obligate them to compensate victims of injuries or deaths