Karnataka High Court issues notice to state government over Bengaluru stampede

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the state government over the stampede outside Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium that killed 11 persons and injured 33, Live Law reported.

The High Court took suo motu cognisance of the incident and sought a “further status report” from the state.

The stampede took place on Wednesday at Gate Number 3 of the stadium, where fans had gathered to celebrate Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s victory in the Indian Premier League and welcome the team.

A division bench of Acting Chief Justice V Kameshwar Rao and Justice CM Joshi said that the Karnataka government was being issued a notice to ascertain “cause of tragedy and how to prevent it in the future”, the legal news outlet reported.

The bench also verbally inquired if the state had any standard operating procedures for incidents of this nature.

The court remarked: “Are there any vehicles, which can be made available if such incident happens, which hospitals will the injured be taken? All this is to be included in SOP [standard operating procedure].”

The Karnataka government, represented by Advocate General Shashi Kiran Shetty, responded that the state has taken the incident seriously and will prepare a standard protocol for such accidents.

The matter will be heard next on Tuesday.

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