Overview

• In the Assembly, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah attributed the June 4 deaths near Chinnaswamy Stadium to mass hysteria and recounted major stampedes in other states.
• Home Minister G. Parameshwara defended the response, citing FIRs and arrests against RCB, DNA Networks and KSCA, suspension of senior police officers, transfer of the intelligence chief, removal of a political secretary, and compensation to families.
• The proposed Crowd Management Bill would extend oversight to sports, political and religious gatherings with tighter control of permissions, accounts and on‑site facilities.
• Karnataka BJP leaders held Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar responsible for authorising the felicitation, saying police had sought more preparation time.
• Investigations continue through CID and departmental inquiries, a CAT bench earlier noted RCB’s responsibility for drawing an unprecedented crowd, and the state is backing a new one‑lakh‑capacity stadium on Tumakuru Road with 41 acres allotted to KSCA.