Overview

• Addressing lawmakers on August 22, the chief minister said the June 4 crush followed post‑RCB “mass hysteria” and preventable police failures, with 11 dead and 71 injured.
• He said the deputy commissioner’s magisterial probe and Justice J. M. D’Cunha’s judicial inquiry have been completed, and the CID has prepared a chargesheet to file once permitted.
• Disciplinary steps cited included suspending five police officers, removing political secretary K. Govindaraju, transferring the intelligence chief, and filing FIRs against event organisers.
• Four organiser representatives were arrested and later released on bail, and the government granted Rs 25 lakh to each bereaved family while covering treatment costs for the injured.
• Opposition BJP members walked out after he refused to resign, as he listed at least 20 stampedes in BJP‑ruled states to argue the tragedy was not unique to Karnataka.