Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede: Karnataka HC takes suo motu notice; seeks govt report by today | Bengaluru News

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday sought a report from the state govt regarding Wednesday’s stampede incident at the Chinnaswamy Stadium during the victory celebrations of Royal Challengers Bangalore, in which 11 people lost their lives and around 40 were injured.A division bench headed by Acting Chief Justice V Kameshwar Rao gave this direction while taking suo motu cognizance of the incident.When the court assembled, Advocate G R Mohan informed about a security breach at the high court, which he previously reported to the registry via email. He pointed out that individuals were permitted to access the high court’s terrace to observe RCB players being felicitated at the Vidhana Soudha.He also emphasised that despite existing security directives for all three high courts, there was a violation of security protocols. The bench asked the govt to submit the report by 2:30 pm in the post-lunch session when the court is going to take up the matter.