Bengaluru: Heads have rolled in the aftermath of the deadly stampede outside Chinnaswamy Stadium, a judicial probe is underway, and the matter has also reached the high court.
On Saturday, two senior office-bearers of Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) resigned, taking moral responsibility for the tragedy which resulted in the deaths of 11 young people who were among lakhs trying to witness the felicitation ceremony of first-time IPL champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru on May 4.
KSCA secretary A Shankar and treasurer E S Jairam said they had submitted their resignations to president Raghuram Bhat.
“Due to the unforeseen and unfortunate events that have unfolded in the last two days, and though our role was very limited, we wish to state that we have tendered our resignation to our respective posts as the Secretary and Treasurer of the Karnataka State Cricket Association,” said the joint statement.
KSCA was named in the FIR, along with RCB and event management firm DNA Entertainment. Police arrested officials of RCB and DNA Entertainment, but KSCA moved the Karnataka High Court, which barred the administration from taking any coercive action against any of its officials.
The KSCA president, secretary and treasurer had submitted to the high court that the association was not responsible for gate and crowd management, and that they had sought permission to hold RCB’s IPL-winning celebrations at Vidhan Soudha.
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