Overview

• Police walkie-talkie logs showed five deaths occurred before the victory felicitation began and nine before it ended.
• R. Ashoka demanded the resignations of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and Home Minister G. Parameshwara, calling for a CBI probe into the tragedy.
• The Karnataka cabinet endorsed Justice Michael D’Cunha’s commission report that blamed organisers and police for gross negligence and authorised criminal prosecutions and departmental inquiries.
• Royal Challengers Bengaluru, the Karnataka State Cricket Association and DNA Entertainment have filed High Court petitions to challenge the commission’s findings and related FIRs.
• CID and magisterial investigations remain active, and the BJP has sought a Legislature House Committee to draft stricter crowd-management rules.