11 killed, 50 injured in stampede at Kohli's

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the Indian Premier League

(IPL) title for the first time.

Lakhs of fans of the team gathered at the M Chinmaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru to celebrate the team's victory. And there a tragic incident took place.

NDTV reported that at least 11 people were killed in a stampede outside the stadium. More than 50 were injured. It is feared that the toll could rise further.

Virat Kohli's Bengaluru won its first IPL

title by defeating Punjab Kings by 6 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday night (June 3). Kohli was scheduled to meet Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the team's hometown Bengaluru on Wednesday. After that, he was scheduled to share the joy of the title with the fans at the home ground Chinmaswamy.

As planned, thousands of Bengaluru fans arrived at the stadium from Wednesday morning. In the afternoon, Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar lifted the trophy in front of thousands of fans present inside the stadium. There, they received a reception from the Karnataka government.

But at that time, lakhs of fans of the team

were waiting outside the stadium. When they tried to enter the field, a chaotic situation arose there. At one stage, 11 people lost their lives in a stampede. Due to the huge crowd, the security forces could not control the situation.


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