Overview

• The state government has ordered a judicial probe led by retired Justice John Michael Cunha and a parallel magisterial inquiry into the June 4 stampede at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
• Five senior police officers, including Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda, have been suspended for failing to secure both the Vidhana Soudha felicitation and the stadium celebration.
• The Karnataka High Court took suo motu cognisance of the tragedy and posed nine questions on event permissions, crowd control and medical arrangements, requiring a response by June 10.
• FIRs have been registered against officials of the Karnataka State Cricket Association, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and DNA Entertainment, leading to arrests of marketing head Nikhil Sosale and three DNA executives.
• The government has signaled plans to review relocating the M Chinnaswamy Stadium as part of broader measures to prevent future crowd disasters.