Bengaluru Stampede: Notice To Be Issued To RCB, KSCA As Part Of Magistrate Probe
The notices were issued by Bengaluru Urban Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate, G. Jagadeesha, who is probing the stampede incident
Bengaluru Urban Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate, G. Jagadeesha, said on Thursday that notices will be issued to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), the Directorate of Public Assurance and Regulation (DPAR), and Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) as part of the magistrate probe into the tragic stampede outside Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Jagadeesha, appointed by the Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government as the enquiry officer, is tasked with investigating the stampede that claimed 11 lives.
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