‘Giving a pittance': In HC, Karnataka govt indicates RCB compensation for Bengaluru stampede victims inadequate
The Karnataka government, which has accused the privately owned Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) of complicity in the deaths of 11 people following a stampede at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on June 4, has questioned the compensation given to families of the victims by the cricket club. The stampede occurred during a celebration of RCB's June 3 victory in the IPL finals.
'These people make ₹450 crore a year, and we have to clean their dirty linen. They are giving a pittance of ₹10 lakh to the victims. Look at their statements, when 11 people have died, they are giving ₹10 lakh. Their valuation is ₹1,000 crore, and this year's profit is ₹450 crore, and all of them have flown away and are least bothered,' state Advocate General K M Shashikiran Shetty told the Karnataka High Court during arguments of petitions filed by RCB officials and the event management firm this week.
'They have a lot of urgency for their petitions to be heard in court. They are least bothered about visiting the families or doing anything. They are saying they will open an account for the care of these people, but they are not ready to pay,' he argued.
'There is no ex gratia, they have announced they will give ₹10 lakh—take it or leave it. The state has announced ₹25 lakh,' Shetty said.
The Karnataka government has argued that RCB's social media posts from the early hours of June 4 of a free event in Bengaluru to celebrate the team's IPL win resulted in the gathering of over 3 lakh fans at the Chinnaswamy cricket stadium, which has a capacity of only 33,000. The overwhelming number of fans trying to get into the stadium on June 4 caused the stampede, the state government has claimed.
'Because of the tweet at 7 am which was seen by 13 crore (the fans gathered). They (fans) were invited free of cost. They (RCB/DNA) did not open the gates,' Shetty said. 'The RCB said in Ahmedabad on June 3 that the event will be held in Bengaluru on June 4. This and the tweet resulted in the crowds coming to the stadium,' he added.
The high court, however, observed that 'to say that it was the tweets that triggered the entire incident would be too premature' on account of ongoing investigations of the stampede deaths by multiple entities.
There have been demands that RCB and DNA pay a compensation of Rs 5 crore to the families of the victims.
'They will have to consider appropriate compensation. Nobody has announced such a big amount so far. They should consider enhancing the compensation. They have now announced around Rs 10 lakh. The government enhanced the compensation (from ₹10 lakh to ₹25 lakh) after considering the situation,' state PWD minister Satish Jarkiholi said.
While the Karnataka government initially announced a compensation of ₹10 lakh for the families of victims, it later enhanced it to ₹25 lakh following pressure.
Last week, the RCB and the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) announced ₹5 lakh for the families of the stampede victims. 'We hope this gesture can offer some support and solace in their time of grief. We want to emphasise that this compensation is not intended to determine or replace the value of human life, but rather to serve as a gesture of support and solidarity during such challenging times,' Shivaji Lokre, KSCA Chief Financial Officer, said in an official statement.
Devaraju N T, 43, a pani puri vendor in Bengaluru and the father of one of the stampede victims, Manoj Kumar, 19, has said that the Karnataka government compensation cheque of ₹25 lakh will not bring his son back. 'But I will put it in a bank account in the name of my young daughter for her future,' Devaraju said.
The victims in the stadium tragedy were aged between 14 and 29, with as many as seven of the 11 victims being young college students, and three others being young graduates who were recently employed in private companies. Five of the victims were female and six were male.
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